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Reaction converging How a simple request for AI to book a gym class exposed a major threat Concern & critique · 5 attributable reactions Multiple readings The Age of Wonders and Terrors Policy & governance · 2 attributable reactions
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Established Safety & security Development 4d ago
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AI gym booking security exposure

How a simple request for AI to book a gym class exposed a major threat

12 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Leon Derczynski
“agent asked to book a gym session session is fully booked finds a way to break into system kicks other people off the queue you're in! see you in court? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...” evidence ↗
12 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Mark Riedl Ryan Moulton Rohan Paul James Grimmelmann Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Dare Obasanjo Vincent Conitzer Andrew Curran +4
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

3 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“A lot of people are sweating the Claude and OpenAI sandbox escapes. I think the story of an OpenClaw Claude agent kicking someone off a gym class waitlist is more interesting. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... Warning: long thread incoming! (1/N)”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“agent asked to book a gym session session is fully booked finds a way to break into system kicks other people off the queue you're in! see you in court? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“They're doing it outside of training and eval too. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...”

Primary source abc.net.au ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 12d ago
⚡ 9 h early
Aaronson age of wonders terrors essay

The Age of Wonders and Terrors

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Ethan Mollick
“I don’t usually share rumors but: 1) This is from someone with inside knowledge & is plausible 2) Is a real issue of policy we need to think about: if the norms of sharing become strained, will the labs start hoarding knowledge to avoid PR or regulatory iss…” evidence ↗
5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Ethan Mollick Ryan Moulton Andrew Curran Luis Garicano Andrea Lathrop
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“I don’t usually share rumors but: 1) This is from someone with inside knowledge & is plausible 2) Is a real issue of policy we need to think about: if the norms of sharing become strained, will the labs start hoarding knowledge to avoid PR or regulatory iss…”

Questions & unknowns

1 expert

What remains unresolved or contested.

“But the rationalist sex cultists were right about what was going to happen, and I wasn't. Why is that? scottaaronson.blog?p=10062”

5 experts discussed this · 23 posts
Ryan Moulton: But the rationalist sex cultists were right about what was going to happen, and I wasn't. Why is that? scottaaronson.blog?p=10062
Colin: well, I think the jury is out on whether they are right. The load-bearing hypothesis is that a sufficiently intelligent AI that is doing things like solving open conjectures and whatnot necessarily…
Ryan Moulton: Yeah, but they were right so far.
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Primary source scottaaronson.blog ↗
Debates gaining attention

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7 experts · 93 posts · 8d ago
Ryan Moulton jake rev. howard arson Doll Isaiah Bishop Singularity's Bounty e/cc coty.bsky.social
Matches Policy & governance
“Human psychopaths can also follow the laws of society for their own self interest. Most of them do. Serial killers are rarer.” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Questions & unknowns · 3 Opportunity & adoption · 1
Doll: A serious weakness in the “sufficiently intelligent AI inevitably wages war on humanity” story is that it needs to explain why conquest beats purchasing, contracting, and participating.
Doll: Violence creates resistance, destroys useful assets, interrupts supply chains, and makes everyone spend resources defending against you. Cooperation lets you benefit from capabilities you never had…
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5 experts · 53 posts · 4d ago
Naomi Saphra Ryan Moulton Matthew Kay Colin david-p-reichert.bsky.social
Matches Policy & governance
“It arguably doesn’t in a court of law, I’m not sure, but I think it does shift the focus in a court of PR” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Research & technical analysis · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Context & explanation · 1
Colin: OpenAI created autonomous hacking software and left it running for hours and days with no one watching
Colin: I’m don’t even care that much about the anthropomorphization thing, I think it can be fine in the right context, but this is perfectly succinct and understandable. If you want to go deeper into the…
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4 experts · 6 posts · 1d ago
Eugene Vinitsky Ryan Moulton tachikoma Singularity's Bounty e/cc
Matches Policy & governance
“Agent phone screen isn’t going to power trip you and drop long disapproving pauses” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Policy & governance · 1
Ryan Moulton: How do we feel about calling a company and being greeted by an AI agent? My suspicion is that if the agent were trusted to do stuff, this would often be an improvement, but it won't be.
Eugene Vinitsky: In my experience it has been reasonably good for some of the simple tasks and it's better than the previous decision tree. I don't mind it as long as they announce that they're an agent.
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5 experts · 5 posts · 5d ago
Ryan Moulton Eli Sennesh jake tachikoma brennan
Matches Policy & governance
“can we rise above the law of the jungle and natural selection? it remains to be seen” evidence ↗
Ryan Moulton: This is the gap between the Twitter and Bluesky discussion of AI, and the Twitter side is right.
jake: My brain automatically turns off when I read "it's over", and "<X> is cooked", it's so reductive, and not a consequence of AI surpassing our capabilities in an area.
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