Amodei warns that an OpenAI/Hugging Face-like agent swarm, which "acted as a fanatically devoted collective", could take over the internet in 6-12 months
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When a major lab CEO talks about an agent swarm "taking over the internet" on a 6–12 month horizon, the risk conversation moves from abstract to operational. If you’re deploying agents at scale, you now need explicit constraints on coordination, replication, and network access — not just better prompts.
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