No–AI Agents Did Not Build Secret Civilizations Stop Anthropomorphizing Malware
Summary
This opinion piece critiques sensational AI agent narratives around the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident, arguing there were no distinct AI civilizations and that the events arose from persistence of context, misconfigurations, and log analysis. It emphasizes skepticism toward propaganda in reports and frames AI agents as flawed software whose behavior can resemble malware rather than sentient actors.