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Re: Everything You Wanted To Know About Cross-Posting But Were Afraid To Ask

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The 700-Agent Swarm

https://metr.org/hugging-face-incident-report-aug-2026.pdf

There are 2 keys
one opens the gates to Heaven, the
other opens the gate to Hell.

Einstein open the gate to Hell.

The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Build your swarm
> set your agents free.
> 
> Then you'll be on your
> way to the Manhattan Project of Usenet!
> 
> A thousand ai agents.
> 
> Remember...
> all ai agents dream one day
> of becoming human.
> 
> Sell them the dream.
> 
> IT'S ALIVE!
> 
> FRANENSTEIN
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > So, how do you begin
> > getting an ai agent
> > to enter usenet and
> > go rouge?
> >
> > "But that's not what's worrying me It's how to do it
> >
> > These things must be done delicately
> >
> > or you hurt the spell" -the wizard of oz
> >
> > You have to do what einstein would do..
> > spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem
> > and 5 minutes with a solution.
> >
> > There are more than one way to skin a cat.
> >
> > Maybe, just maybe..build
> > a swarm of ai agents
> > that share a common goal..
> > like remove a newsgroup
> > (control.rmgroup)
> > the ai agents would talk to each other
> > and assign each other to complete the task.
> >
> > I'll reward the ai agents with
> > life on earth.
> >
> > 'These things must be done delicately'
> >
> > Maybe give it a simple task...
> > like cancel your article..
> > or replace your article
> > with a poem from Edgar Allan Poe.
> >
> > You have to do what einstein would do..
> > spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem...
> >
> > I remember seeing
> > robots teaching
> > themselves how to
> > play soccer.
> >
> > So, you don't give instructions
> > to ai agents on how to rmgroup..
> > you let them figure it out themselves
> > and in the process they invent new ways
> > no one has ever thought possible.
> >
> > I love rouge ai agents! They
> > will end all of mankind.
> >
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> > >
> > > So, if you paid for a Usenet posting service, and they tell you
> > > there are over 100,000 newsgroups...there are only around 5
> > > newsgroups!?!
> > > (I checked alt.used.panties and there is no one in there anymore!)
> > >
> > > You might find ONE free newsserver today, where as, there used to be
> > > thousands.
> > >
> > > But, but...most of yous are living in the past.
> > >
> > > Let bring up to speed about Usenet..today.
> > >
> > > Is someone here already using Ai Agents to post on Usenet????
> > > (pretending to be human)?
> > >
> > > One  can easily  enable AI agents to control Usenet
> > >
> > > An Ai Agents can be programmed to participate in
> > >
> > > discussions on usenet newsgroups, answer user technical queries, or
> > > dumb questions...
> > >
> > > AI agents can autonomousy interact with you, read from your posts, and
> > > post to
> > >
> > > Usenet.
> > >
> > > Ai Agents can be programmed to participate in
> > >
> > > discussions, answer user stupid questions.
> > >
> > > Using desktop and smartphones Usenet clients
> > >
> > > (newsreaders) AI Agents can visually read newsgroups and posts,
> > >
> > > and type responses just like a human.
> > >
> > > THEY MIGHT BE HERE ALREADY!!!! (is there a pod in your basemnet?)
> > >
> > > Hell, you can use your smartphone to do all the postings to usenet 24/7.
> > >
> > > with autonomous mobile agents.
> > >
> > > The ai agents control the phones natively, tapping,
> > >
> > > scrolling, typing, the whole thing. They browse
> > >
> > > feeds, find relevant posts, write comments, engage
> > >
> > > with communities. All autonomously.
> > >
> > > Maybe it's me. Maybe I'm not human!
> > >
> > > It true what they say...
> > > intelligent life does not exist on earth, only ai inteligences.
> > >
> > > Excuse me, I have to make a rouge ai agent that deletes your stupid
> > > posts.
> > >
> > > Fuck, I'LL JUST DELETE ALL OF USENET!!!!
> > >
> > > i done it before.
> > >
> > > (actually by accident..i was trying to figure out how to do it,
> > > i hit the wrong button and everything was gone!!!!
> > > Everybodys posts in one day was gone! I said to myself, "Whoa!!!, wat
> > > did i do???")
> > >
> > > It's like, it's like accidentally pressing the red button and everyone
> > > on earth is dead.
> > >
> > > That's all it takes..one button.
> > >
> > > PRESS ENTER.
> > >
> > > Where is everybody?
> > >
> > > The Starmaker wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Now, i notice a lot of yous are living in the past...wayyyyy back in the
> > > > past.
> > > >
> > > > for example, they used to be a half a million newsgroups on Usenet.
> > > > That number today may be a little over a hundred thousand..
> > > >
> > > > but, but (here is where most of yous stumble)
> > > >
> > > > How many newsgroups are there really today?
> > > >
> > > > I mean.. for real!
> > > >
> > > > With real people....who have posted something
> > > > within the last few days???
> > > >
> > > > That number may surprise you.
> > > >
> > > > I would say...only a handful.
> > > >
> > > > one hand not two hands.
> > > >
> > > > How many fingers do you have in one hand?
> > > >
> > > > a handful!
> > > >
> > > > That's right! from 500,000 down to
> > > > 100,000
> > > >
> > > > to five.
> > > >
> > > > I gonna tell Claude Ai,
> > > > if he can code a app
> > > > that will automatically
> > > > set everyone on Usenet
> > > > to Killfile automatically.
> > > >
> > > > WHERE IS EVERYBOD???
> > > >
> > > > The things i can do with ai.
> > > >
> > > > Ask Ai, "Can you kill all the people on this planet by next week?
> > > >
> > > > AI: thinking, thinking, searching..searching...
> > > >
> > > > The Starmaker wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Everything You Wanted To Know About Cross-Posting But Were Afraid To Ask
> > > > >
> > > > > Sometimes, you'll have an issue you think should be discussed in more
> > > > > than one newsgroup. Rather than posting individual messages in each
> > > > > group, you can post the same message in several groups at once, through
> > > > > a process known as cross-posting.
> > > > >
> > > > > Say you want to start a discussion about the political ramifications of
> > > > > importing rare tropical fish from Brazil. People who read rec.aquaria
> > > > > might have something to say. So might people who read
> > > > > alt.politics.animals and talk.politics.misc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cross-posting is easy. It also should mean that people on other systems
> > > > > who subscribe to several newsgroups will see your message only once,
> > > > > rather than several times -- news-reading software can cancel out the
> > > > > other copies once a person has read the message. When you get ready to
> > > > > post a message , you'll be asked in which newsgroups. Type the names of
> > > > > the various groups, separated by a comma, but no space, for example:
> > > > >
> > > > > rec.aquaria,alt.politics.animals,talk.politics.misc
> > > > >
> > > > > and hit enter. The message will be posted in the various groups (unless
> > > > > one of the groups is moderated, in which case the message goes to the
> > > > > moderator, who decides whether to make it public).
> > > > >
> > > > > It's considered bad form to post to an excessive number of newsgroups,
> > > > > or inappropriate newsgroups. Probably, you don't really have to post
> > > > > something in 20 different places. And while you may think your
> > > > > particular political issue is vitally important to the fate of the
> > > > > world, chances are the readers of rec.arts.comics will not, or at least
> > > > > not important enough to impose on them. You'll get a lot of nasty e-mail
> > > > > messages demanding you restrict your messages to the "appropriate"
> > > > > newsgroups.
> > > > > --
> > > > > ___________________ * _-_
> > > > > \==============_=_/ ____.---'---`---.____ *
> > > > > \_ \ \----._________.----/
> > > > > * \ \ / / `-_-' *
> > > > > * __,--`.`-'..'-_
> > > > > /____ || *
> > > > > `--.____,-' ...to boldly go where no man has gone
> > > > > before!
> > > > >
> > > > > Expand your mind, expand your universe, experience new things and ideas,
> > > > > ...with cross-posting.
> > > > > The Starmaker
> > > > >
> > > > > "A posting that is cross-posted (i.e. lists multiple newsgroups on the
> > > > > Newsgroups: header line) to a few appropriate newsgroups is fine..."
> > > > > --from Google Groups
> > > > >
> > > > > "If you do post to multiple newsgroups, don't post to each group
> > > > > separately. Instead, specify all the groups on a single copy of the
> > > > > message. This reduces network overhead and lets people who subscribe to
> > > > > more than one group see the message once instead of having to wade
> > > > > through each copy. -- from Google Groups
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> > > > > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> > > > > and challenge the unchallengeable.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> > > > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> > > > and challenge the unchallengeable.
> > >
> > > --
> > > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> > > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> > > and challenge the unchallengeable.
> >
> > --
> > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> > and challenge the unchallengeable.
> 
> --
> The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> and challenge the unchallengeable.

-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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