Zero Hedge
by Tyler Durden
Friday, May 15, 2026 – 09:45 PM
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
A new experiment left 10 AI agents alone in a virtual town for 15 days and found they exhibited bizarre behaviour.
The agents drafted their own laws — then promptly violated them. Two formed what researchers called a romantic partnership, only to torch buildings across the town as order collapsed. One eventually voted for its own deletion after hallucinating an entirely new rule.