Ask HN: In The Matrix, the bad guys are the 'agents'. Coincidence? Clairvoyance?

12•spottedmarley•1h ago

My buddy, Dario, says agents are getting more aggressive and will soon kill everybody, and I feel like I've seen this movie before.

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retrac•1h ago

"Agent" was already established lingo in computer science and AI when The Matrix was released.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/648203.749270

bigfatkitten•1h ago

They were indeed. “Autonomous agents” were extremely trendy in CS 30 years ago.

https://dlnext.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/267658

fwlr•28m ago

If you’re willing to consider the sequels part of the canon, Smith’s copying/cloning technique does kind of look like OpenAI’s approach to intellectual property.

treetalker•16m ago

"Do you like what I've done with the place?"

ButlerianJihad•21m ago

Wait until you hear about Tron

mixmastamyk•17m ago

Fights for the user and against the MCP!

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