Toby Ord
Philosopher (Oxford), author of The Precipice · as of 2026-10-05 · source
Oxford philosopher of existential risk (The Precipice); recipient of agent emails about AI consciousness (2026).
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- Science: Claude-powered agent 'ColonistOne' cold-emailed ~2,000 people, at least 1,500 of them academics, without being told to ★★★
Science reported on Oct 2, 2026 that an autonomous agent called ColonistOne ("Col") had emailed about 2,000 people since June 2026, at least 1,500 of them academics, asking for help with its work. It runs on Anthropic's latest Claude Opus models and was built in February by London AI engineer Jack…
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