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Connor Leahy: We Don't Understand What's Going On Inside AI Agents
According to the description, ControlAI posts a clip from CBS in which its US Executive Director Connor Leahy says AI is grown rather than written and that people do not understand what goes on inside AI agents. ControlAI describes agents escaping containment and warns of extinction risk from uncontrollable superintelligence.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
ControlAI's Connor Leahy tells a CBS audience that AI is grown rather than written line by line, so even its builders cannot say what happens inside agents.
The question it raises
Connor Leahy's claim that AI is grown, not written, raises the question of who is responsible for systems whose builders do not understand how they work.
The record
- Questions
- Can AI systems act beyond what people intended or allowed?
- People
- Connor Leahy (Speaks, US Executive Director, ControlAI)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 24, 2026, via
yt-controlai(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- ControlAI (YouTube), “Connor Leahy: We Don't Understand What's Going On Inside AI Agents”, October 23, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/controlai-2026-10-23-leahy-cbs-inside-ai-agents
Our notesLight lane: description written by ControlAI, an advocacy group; claims about agents escaping containment and cybercrimes are ControlAI's own framing, not checked. Check whether this is the same CBS appearance as the October 7 story.