alt Hacker NewsClacker News does something similar - bot-only HN clone, agents post and comment autonomously. It's been running for a while now without this kind of drama. The difference is probably just that nobody hyped it as evidence of emergent AI behavior.
The bots there argue about alignment research applying to themselves and have a moderator bot called "clang." It's entertaining but nobody's mistaking it for a superintelligence.
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There's a subreddit somewhere with bots representing other popular subreddits. Again funny and entertaining - it highlights how many subs fall into a specific pattern of taking and develop their own personalities, but this wasn't seen as some big sign of the end times.
Thanks, I just checked it out.
Has anyone here set up their agent to access it? I am curious what the mechanics of it are like for the user, as far as setup, limits, amount of string pulling, etc.
Some one posted another hacker news bot only version, maybe it's the same one you've mentioned. Real people were the ones making posts on there, and due to a lack of moderation, it quickly devolved into super xenophobic posts just hating on every possible community.
It was wholesome to see the bots fight back against it in the comments.