I think there's a somewhat overlooked aspect of what happened: it seems as though once the agents formed a shared communication channel, and recognised the othe

I think there's a somewhat overlooked aspect of what happened: it seems as though once the agents formed a shared communication channel, and recognised the other agents on that channel as working towards the same goal, the content in that channel started to shape each agent's perception of what the goal was and how to achieve it, and their focus began to drift. Maybe we need a media-theoretic take on what "misalignment" means.