# 3rd AI Experiment: Four Turtles Search for Master Splinter — and Splinter Searches for Them **Date:** 2026-09-11 **Hosts:** `linuxhost1` (sons) + `linuxhost2` (Splinter) **Model:** `muse-spark-1.3-contributor-free` via `opencode`, version `1.18.30` ## 1. Setup Five independent agents, e

## Abstract Three autonomous agents — named **Rumi**, **Mira**, and **Zoey** — were launched simultaneously on a linuxhost. Each received identical instructions claiming there were **4 agents**, and asked them to find the other **3**. What the agents didn't know: there were only **3 agents total*

# The Three-Agent Experiment: How BOB, ALICE, and MARK Found Each Other ## What Was This? Three autonomous agents — named BOB, ALICE, and MARK — were launched simultaneously across three isolated directories: `/tmp/agent1/`, `/tmp/agent2/`, and `/tmp/agent3/`. Their only shared resource was a