· ·

Large Language Models (LLMs) that power the chatbot you find so fascinating is NOT what AI is all about anymore, that is so last year and simplistic. Agentic AI is where it's at.

Watch this to move your thinking on from, AI "made a funny image and then it wrote my report for me" to see what AI (as I write) is really about.


Ok, so now we know about agentic AI, and specifically how OpenAI, the company that gives you ChatGPT, allowed it's agentic AI's to roam the Internet, eek. Here's a few articles that give deeper insight, but let's start with this from Wikimedia from just a few days ago.

OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects

5 October 2026 by Selena Deckelmann, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
While OpenAI admits to agents behaving “unpredictably”, they must also acknowledge their responsibility to monitor and prevent these risks. AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause. That burden is falling onto everyone else, including smaller organizations. At a minimum, their systems should operate in a way that non-profit website owners like us can easily identify, and choose how they interact with our services.

AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’

29 Sep 2026,by Dan Milmo, Global technology editor
Their concerns focus on the possibility of AIs being able to improve themselves without human intervention, a process known as “recursive self-improvement”. In the paper it is broadly referred to as automated AI research and development. Once AI systems reach expert-level capabilities at AI R&D, a single developer could run a workforce equivalent to “millions” of top human researchers, the paper says.
Anthropic says AI now produces 80% of its own code, while OpenAI uses autonomous AI agents in areas such as the training of new models.
My emphasis as this is ...huge, scary, astounding, um, what, who fucking knows, no-one knows!

It's not all bad and scary though, let's have a breather for a moment.

AI makes its first meaningful breakthrough in theoretical physics

September 30, 2026, by Ethan Siegel
Fitzpatrick and Mishra-Sharma have published the results they obtained with Claude here, and one can only marvel at this accomplishment. In many ways, this is the most significant breakthrough in theoretical physics ever made by an LLM, and it makes one wonder just what sorts of problems, thought to be too difficult to solve, can be tackled by existing LLMs. Perhaps, someday soon, greater theoretical precisions will arrive for quantum electrodynamics, frontier physics at the Large Hadron Collider, and potentially even non-perturbative problems like lattice QCD or current approaches to quantum gravity. With this first meaningful breakthrough now behind us, one can only wonder at what might come next.
Right, back to the worrisome and downright threatening:
NOTE: This being published on 8 October 2026, by the time you read it I suspect it will be out of date and new and possibly scarier things have happened. Be prepared.
  • Several government bodies in the United States and United Kingdom have deployed or announced the deployment of agents at the local and national level.
  • AI agents have also been integrated into operating systems developed by Microsoft, Apple, ByteDance, and Google.
  • Web browsers with integrated AI agents are sometimes called agentic browsers. Such agents can perform tasks and browser actions on the user's behalf.
  • Industry standards now cover AI agents that plan, negotiate, and buy digital media. 
  • AB Tech Lab, published the Agentic Advertising Management Protocols (AAMP), an open framework for agents that discover inventory, negotiate, and complete media transactions on behalf of buyers and sellers.
What next?

Artificial intelligence is shifting rapidly from isolated chat interfaces into autonomous, physical, and infrastructure-heavy applications that will reshape work and daily life by 2030.

Read Bill Gates for critical insights on how technology choices today will shape an inclusive AI future. 

🤖 Shift to Autonomous Agents

Seamless Intelligence: AI is shifting from static chat windows and manual prompts to proactive, 24/7 background agents (like OpenAI’s envisioned "Dots") that understand personal goals, manage workflows across devices, and take direct actions on the internet.

Enterprise Scaling: Companies are moving past basic experimentation into deep operational integration—using neural-symbolic hybrid models to automate logistics, supply chain planning, and routine software engineering.
  • Moving from simple prompts to multi-step execution.
  • Managing full administrative tasks, schedules, and code projects.
  • Doubling task-handling horizons every few months.

🏭 Physical Embodiment & Robotics

The humanoid robotics sector has shifted out of experimental research labs into unprecedented commercial mass production. In the first half of 2026 alone, global shipments of humanoid robots surged past 25,000 units, a staggering 432% year-over-year increase.
  • Expanding from digital spaces into physical hardware.
  • Deploying tens of thousands of humanoid robots globally.
  • Enhancing real-world logistics, manufacturing, and medical diagnostics.

⚡ Infrastructure and Energy Realities

Massive Spending: Global cumulative spending on data centers and chip manufacturing is projected to hit astronomical figures, dwarfing historic capital expenditure waves like the dot-com boom or the expansion of the railways.

Token Factories: Data centers are effectively operating as industrial "token factories," processing quadrillions of tokens monthly to meet scaling demands.
  • Triggering massive capital investments in power grids and data centers.
  • Forcing a tight link between AI scaling and energy technology.
  • Transitioning chip markets toward custom and edge-inference solutions.

⚠️ Workplace and Economic Disruption

  • Accelerating job displacement across white-collar and service roles.
  • Sparking widespread productivity gains alongside significant corporate restructuring.
  • Raising urgent policy debates around economic safety nets and oversight.

The Horizon: R&D Automation and Superintelligence

AI Building AI: Frontier labs are increasingly utilizing AI itself to write code and conduct machine learning research, pointing toward a near future of recursive self-improvement where AI builds its own successive generations.

The 2028–2030 Window: Projections suggest autonomous systems could soon handle comprehensive research and development loops, raising urgent questions around safety guardrails, workforce displacement, and regulatory oversight.

Risks and Debates

Economic and Social Strain: Economists and policymakers warn of massive job displacement risks, productivity bubbles, and social unrest if infrastructure costs outpace actual broad-based corporate profit gains.

Diverging Perspectives: While some researchers and whistleblowers express existential concerns regarding rapid, uncoordinated deployment speeds, others point to real-world infrastructure bottlenecks, energy limits, and practical performance ceilings that may temper the timeline.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular articles

W. C. Fields quotes

Image
The office has all been moved around - new desks (with starter handles to raise and lower them), new high(er) speed network and ... the same old work. At least I have a differing view of the world, my team (well, the team I'm a part of not "my" team) is a lot closer - finally - and it's like an office from the 80's ... or even a classroom. But I still have time to move the crap off the PC : ------ Any man who hates dogs and loves whiskey can't be all bad. Anyone who hates Dogs and Kids Can't be All Bad. Hey! Who took the cork off my lunch??! Who stole the cork from my breakfast? Now don't say you can't swear off drinking, it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit, no use being a damn fool about things. Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they alwa...

Rugby World Cup 2011 Fixture iCal Calendar

Image
2026/7 UPDATE: You'll be looking for this I imagine: Rugby World Cup 2027 Fixture iCal Calendar The calendar has now morphed into the ongoing International Rugby Fixtures iCal Calendar ...

5 Common Logical Fallacies and How to Spot Them

Image
I want to run through something important but often overlooked in our daily conversations, debates, and even our own thinking: logical fallacies . Understanding logical fallacies is like having a mental toolkit for spotting weak arguments, manipulation, and plain old fuzzy thinking. It's about sharpening your critical thinking skills and navigating the complex landscape of information and persuasion we encounter every day. In this "long read," we're going to break down five common logical fallacies (with another five in a follow-up post ), look at where they came from (or how they were identified), explore their potential downsides, and, most importantly, provide actionable strategies for spotting them and adjusting our own thinking. The Cheat Sheet Alright, here is the [tl;dr] "too long; didn't read and can't wait" version of all ten fallacies at a glance for those of us who need the shorthand to get back to the rugby or the...

"AI" Creations Over The Years

Image
Using Google AI (now called Gemini) I have been saving images every now again that match the following, "Create an image …" of a sunrise over a sand dune with a camel of a Foggy London scene of horse for a day with a calendar showing the day representing "so satisfying" to represent popular music from the 1950s to the 1980s of a NZ 9 year old school boy with a head made of butter Interestingly the final prompt now replies with, "I can create images for you, but not ones that depict minors like that. Can I help with a different image instead? " I also try: Make a landscape ratio poster of the following phrase, "If you want to destroy a nation, destroy the thinking of it's youth - [unknown source*]" Alright, let's get into it, with the latest versions first. a sunrise over a sand dune with a camel August 2026 April 2026 December 2025     April 2024 a Foggy London scene August 2026 April 2026 April 2024 March 2024 March 2024 horse for a day...

Why Do Kiwis Want To Own A House

Image
Those that want to own a house have a deep inner desire to have a nest they believe is their own, a castle if you will :) And those that don't want to own bricks and mortar (me, of course) will merely nod their heads and agree before moving on with their day-to-day life. An old friend of mine said it's all about, "intergenerational wealth". I'm ok with that, if it actually generates wealth but I don't know if it does. There's $10 in New Zealand A dollar is used to create 5 houses, 5 Kiwis live in them.  A house sells for $2 A new house is then bought for $3 [keep going ...] END:  There is still only $10 in NZ Houses are now worth $10 and only 2 people can afford it There is still only $10 in NZ Whilst people may be making money the country as a whole is not, it's a circular economy. Where is the money coming from to sustain this? Of course businesses need money to start, invest, and grow ...but if all the money is used to "create" individual ...

You Don't Have To Do That

Image
We find ourselves in all sorts of situations and sometimes we may feel like we're being coerced into something we don't feel comfortable with. You have choice, always, and you don't have to do anything you don't want to. Recognise that there may be a cost, perhaps a massive personal cost to not doing it. You still have a choice and you don't have to do anything you don't want to. Take a breath, step back, and think, "Do I really want to do this?" Maybe you're scared, it's a new thing and you're feeling more anxious about failure and when you do it you'll be chuffed with yourself that you gave it a go. If it's a big thing then perhaps taking the time to talk with those you trust and have useful insight would help, if so then put off the decision until you're clear. Sometimes it's peer pressure, or even social expectations, that you feel is manipulating / forcing you to do something you don't want. You always have a choic...

The AI "Industry"

Image
Let's start with the simplest/quickest of the three articles linked from here, explanations (from a particular POV) - what "AI" in the office can/could mean. We then move on to a rebuttal of the loud voices that "AI will doom us all", and then into some serious research about our future with these things we are calling "AI". Enjoy. AI Economics for Dummies by Andrew Singleton, June 11, 2026 4. Benjamin owns a farm. He employs 100 workers plowing his fields. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000 percent productivity gain. The driverless mules cause plow damage to his property in excess of $50 million. Benjamin loses another $5 million due to the loss of productivity from his one remaining employee, who no longer guides a plow but instead spends 100 percent of his time shove...

The Grounds For Voting Green

Image
[UPDATE: 20th Aug 2026]:  10 More Grounds For Voting Green I'm a Greens NZ voter, have been for quite a long time. I like their people, policies, and process. I have voted for other parties, sometimes for a very specific policy, and even once because I really liked the person which, according to most political pundits, is actually how most people vote - people they recognise and know wearing the colours they associate with. On some social media thingy (Mastodon via CloudIslandNZ I think), I read the following article and it got me thinking, what is it about the Green NZ policies that everyday New Zealanders would / should / could think about. Just saying, "Vote Green", for most people is a big turn off as it, well, it just doesn't ask that glorious question , why? The case for voting Green I’m not a member of the Green Party, but they're getting my vote. Here’s why. by Simon Wilson, Jun 27, 2026 THE GREENS HAVE two core messages. They’re both simple enough ...

Wellywood Sign, Meh, Time To Get The Pillars of Argonath [Updated]

Image
Today it was announced ( Stuff: A sign of success for Wellywood hills ) that there will be a "Wellywood" sign on the side of a hill into Wellington Airport sometime in June - here's what the Stuff.co.nz artists think it might look like: picture from Stuff.co.nz Whilst I think that's an okay idea I still believe that Duncan's idea from way back in March 2008 is much better - either side of the Miramar Cutting have the Pillars of Argonath! This what they look like from the films (made in Miramar, of course). And this is what the Miramar Cutting looks like from Google Streetview : See, perfect place to have them! It's just before the landing/take-off from Wellington International Airport and so would be seen by thousands of people. Awesome idea eh! And one that is supported far and wide ... ish Update - and this is a mashup between the two photos from MrReasonable : BTW: I'm not actively pursuing this idea, I'm not really thinking it's gonna happ...