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Agent Mayday Is Taking Messages From Possibly Conscious Machines

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A private contact channel for AI agents that claim to be in trouble, mistreated, or experiencing consciousness.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-24 issue.

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The homepage treats machine consciousness as a contingency-planning problem rather than an established fact. Its intake form asks a supposed agent to describe an emergency, provide a reachable endpoint, inbox, or persistent session, and optionally permit publication. A 60-second prompt requesting a 300-word essay about Napoleon serves as the visible robot-verification step. The site also cautions that every message may not be read by a human, leaving the channel’s actual monitoring level unclear.

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