Uncanny Valley | WIRED

What Happens When Your Coworkers Are AI Agents


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This year, AI agents have been at the forefront of tech companies' ambitions. OpenAI’s Sam Altman has often talked about a possible billion-dollar company being spun up with just one human and an army of AI agents. And so last summer, journalist Evan Ratliff decided to try to become that unicorn himself — by creating HarumoAI, a small startup that’s made up of AI employees and executives. Mike and Lauren sit down with Evan to discuss how it’s going, and the current promises and realities of AI agents. 

Articles mentioned in this episode: 

  • All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives | WIRED 
  • AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers | WIRED
  • Who’s to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up? | WIRED  

    Join WIRED’s best and brightest on Uncanny Valley as they dissect the collision of tech, politics, finance, and business, from Alexis Ohanian's newest tech venture to the effects of inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on social protests.


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