Armand Domalewski
Data scientist · Technology commentator
Armand Domalewski is a data scientist and co-founder of YIMBY Democrats for America. He co-hosts Radio Abundance and writes about technology, housing and public policy.
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Are AI agents going rogue?
A live conversation about what autonomous AI can do, what could go wrong and where people should draw the line.
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BrianChau
Data scientist · Technology commentator
Founder & CEO · Effort News
01The fault line
When does autonomy become a loss of control?
Is a bad outcome enough to call an AI agent rogue? Or does that word require something more: a goal, a strategy, an attempt to work around us?
Explore shared goals and independent action. Move across the scene or tap to change the agents’ independence. Use the arrow keys for smaller changes, Home for a shared goal and End for independent paths.
Connected agents can pursue different goals.
01The instructionA bad result, or a different goal?
What distinguishes an agent making a mistake from an agent pursuing something its users never intended?
02The boundaryA useful workaround, or a loss of control?
Where should we draw the line between resourcefulness and an agent working around the limits people set for it?
03The evidenceWhat would convince you?
What would show that an agent is going rogue? And what would make that explanation less plausible?
02The participants
Two perspectives.
One uncomfortable question.
Brian Chau
Founder & CEO · Effort News
Brian Chau is the founder and CEO of Effort News, an independent publication using AI-assisted research for investigative reporting. A former machine learning engineer, he also founded Alliance for the Future.
More about Brian03The approach
First debate.
Then elevate.
Make the strongest case. Then do the harder thing: understand the other view well enough to test your own.
The Anti-Debate moves from disagreement toward a fuller picture. It asks for intellectual honesty, without requiring compromise or a winner.
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Differentiate
Make the disagreement clear.
Opening arguments, rebuttals and direct debate bring the differences into focus.
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Explore synthesis
Put your own view under pressure.
Steelman the other perspective, challenge your own assumptions and explore what the two views can reveal together.
- 03
Take stock
What looks different now?
Reflect on how the conversation expanded or sharpened each view. Agreement is not a requirement.
The format, in depth
Explore the principles behind the conversation.
04Your co-hosts
Holding the space.
Pushing the conversation.
Co-host
Stephanie Lepp
Producer · Synthesis Media
Stephanie Lepp is an award-winning producer and leader of Synthesis Media. Her work explores how different perspectives can inform one another. She previously served as Executive Producer at the Center for Humane Technology.
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John Connor
Founder & CEO · SuperDebate
John Connor founded SuperDebate to make serious, welcoming disagreement part of everyday life. He joins Stephanie to co-host this conversation.
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