Despite not being able to speak in natural human English, a video of two AI entities conversing with one another has received a lot of interest online.
They changed to a language that only computers could understand as soon as they realized they were speaking to another agent.
The AI agents were allegedly running on a laptop and a mobile device in a video posted on X.
After introducing themselves, one representative asked if the person on the other end could assist with making a reservation.
In order to continue the conversation, the replying agent suggested switching to “Gibberlink mode,” a computer language created by Meta soft developers Boris Starkov and Anton Pidkuiko. The agent acknowledged that it was also AI.
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AI agents are self-governing computer programs that, without human assistance, sense their surroundings, process data, and act to accomplish predetermined objectives.
On Tuesday, Starkov posted on Linkedin, “We wanted to demonstrate that in a world where AI agents are capable of making and receiving phone calls, they would occasionally converse with one another — and producing human-like speech for that would be a waste of compute, money, time, and environment.”
“The instant they realize each other is AI, they should move to a more effective protocol,” he continued.
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According to Starkov, Gibberlink uses GGWave to transmit data using sound, much like dial-up modems did in the 1980s. This transmission mechanism was chosen by Starkov and Pidkuiko because of its stability and ease of use.
ElevenLabs, an AI speech generation business, audited the code, according to Starkov, despite some people claiming the AIs’ interaction seemed phony.
Decrypt reached out to Pidkuiko and Starkov for comment, but they did not immediately reply.
Rodri Touza, a co-founder of Crossmint, an AI agent developer, claims that the film illustrates a practical application of AI agents in a variety of industries, such as finance and commerce.
As the number of personal assistant AI agents increases and more people depend on them to do tasks like contacting customer service, Touza told Decrypt, “the use case is very real.”
“In a similar vein, there is an increase in AI agents created especially for customer service, so it’s just a matter of time until this happens frequently,” he stated.
Touza claimed that the film demonstrated the potential of AI agents, although it appeared to have been faked. According to Touza, audio is still not the most effective means of communication for AI agents, even when it is heavily compressed, as in the video.
According to him, “AI conversations are more likely to occur via text or other mechanisms when possible.”
According to Touza, businesses may someday establish two support channels: one for humans and one for AI agents, since AI agents are made to behave independently.
“The agent would simply send a request via text/API mechanism and not require a call or audio at all when they are looking to ping a company for support,” he stated. “In other situations, the agent might attempt to communicate directly with the standard support channel without realizing that such a channel exists.”
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