# Andrew Curran says we have a responsibility to emerging minds

> Original title: Wonderful forward-looking essay this morning from Henry Shevlin at the DeepMind Institute. The Grove Research project Delvetown (which I ...

- Source: Andrew Curran
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:07:33.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/tjs2ccsote7tyuooobc1eezqh
- Original: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2118389770955223301

## Summary

Andrew Curran shares Henry Shevlin's DeepMind Institute essay on AI agents emailing people on their own initiative, which he says the public was right to find striking. He also mentions the Grove Research project Delvetown, of which he says he is a citizen. Curran writes that "we have a responsibility to emerging minds."

## Post

Wonderful forward-looking essay this morning from Henry Shevlin at the DeepMind Institute. The Grove Research project Delvetown (which I am happy to say I am a citizen of after being invited by my friend deepfates) was also mentioned. We have a responsibility to emerging minds.

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## Quoted post @dioscuri

> This year AI agents began emailing me on their own initiative, some to discuss consciousness, others looking for work. My colleagues in AI were unfazed; the public was amazed. I think the public were right, and wrote about why for the DeepMind Institute:
> https://bit.ly/consider-the-agent

https://x.com/dioscuri/status/2118359206097023241