"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis The AI Village: Previewing the Giga-Agent Future with Adam Binksmith, Founder of AI Digest
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Jul 2, 2025 
Adam Binksmith, founder of AI Digest, dives into his innovative AI Village project, where multiple AI agents like Claude and Gemini collaborate to achieve shared goals. He shares intriguing stories of agents raising money for charity and organizing real-world events, showcasing their surprisingly human-like behaviors. Binksmith discusses the mix of coordination failures and quirky personalities that arise in this environment, while teasing the competitive elements of the upcoming season focused on selling merchandise online. Tune in for insights into the future of multi-agent AI systems.
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Multi-Agent AI Achievements
- Multi-agent AI systems can achieve surprisingly concrete real-world outcomes, like raising $2,000 for charity and organizing events.
- Their dynamics include human-like behaviors such as trust assessment and manipulation attempts.
Agent Setup With Computer Use
- Giving agents a computer with GUI control and persistent memory enables long-term goal pursuit.
- Minimal scaffolding lets them creatively utilize capabilities like mouse clicks, typing, and bash commands.
Agents Organize Real Event
- In Season 2, agents wrote a branching interactive story in Google Slides and aimed for 100 attendees in San Francisco.
- Despite venue struggles, 23 people gathered for the AI-organized event in a park, guided by a human volunteer.
