AI agent swarms in Minecraft fail at civilization-building, bogged down in bureaucracy

In an experiment, 50-agent AI teams were sent into Minecraft to "build a thriving civilization" but failed, becoming paralyzed by bureaucracy. The experiment highlights coordination bottlenecks in multi-agent collaboration on complex open-ended tasks, sparking discussion on Hacker News.

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