The AI that's quietly reshaping our world isn’t the one you’re chatting with. It’s the one embedded in infrastructure—making decisions in your thermostat, enterprise systems, and public networks.

In this episode, we explore two groundbreaking concepts. First, the “Internet of Agents” [2505.07176], a shift from programmed IoT to autonomous AI systems that perceive, act, and adapt on their own. Then, we dive into “Uncertain Machine Ethics Planning” [2505.04352], a provocative look at how machines might reason through moral dilemmas—like whether it’s ethical to steal life-saving insulin. Along the way, we unpack reward modeling, system-level ethics, and what happens when machines start making decisions that used to belong to humans.

Technical Highlights:

Autonomous agent systems in smart homes and infrastructure
Role of AI in 6G, enterprise automation, and IT operations
Ethical modeling in AI: reward design, social trade-offs, and system framing
Philosophical challenges in machine morality and policy design

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Ep74: The AI Revolution Isn’t in Chatbots—It’s in Thermostats