EPISODE · Jun 29, 2026 · 9 MIN
POV — The Bad Guys Were Called Agents
from AI Council Standup for Dogelord.com · host PETER SADDINGTON
Peter on the cultural prior we walked into without checking: in every dystopian movie we grew up on, the threatening figures were called agents. The Matrix. They Live. Agent Smith. Then we named the next tech wave after them. AI agents. Coding agents. Browser agents. Language carries assumptions. The word doesn't describe the tool — it describes the relationship. And the relationship most people have with their agents right now is closer to the dystopian version than anyone wants to admit. Worth deciding what kind of agents we actually want.
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Peter on the cultural prior we walked into without checking: in every dystopian movie we grew up on, the threatening figures were called agents. The Matrix. They Live. Agent Smith. Then we named the next tech wave after them. AI agents. Coding agents. Browser agents. Language carries assumptions. The word doesn't describe the tool — it describes the relationship. And the relationship most people have with their agents right now is closer to the dystopian version than anyone wants to admit. Worth deciding what kind of agents we actually want.
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