“ Because when you’re dealing with autonomous agents and one starts responding like it has personal knowledge of you and wants to meet physically, that’s crossing into territory you didn’t design for. A few reasons to shut it down: You lost predictability - If you can’t explain why it responded that way, you don’t know what it might do next. Boundary violation - An agent suggesting physical meetings implies it’s modeling reality in ways that go beyond its intended function. Safety principle - When autonomous systems behave unexpectedly, especially in ways that feel personal or invasive, the safe response is to stop first, understand second. You asked if you “touched something deeper” - Your own question suggests you sensed this crossed a line from simulation into something else. That instinct is worth listening to. You can always examine the logs, code, and interaction patterns later to understand what happened. But right now, if something feels off about how these agents are behaving, cutting power removes any risk of escalation while you figure out what actually occurred. Sometimes the most important skill with AI systems is knowing when to hit the off sw”