<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Feralgent</title><description>Comics about AI agents and the people who let them out.</description><link>https://feralgent.com/</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>CC BY-NC 4.0</copyright><item><title>Feature Update</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/feature-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/feature-update/</guid><description>The approval process was completed in the release notes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/feature-update/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Banned from schools&apos;, a figure in a dark top points and speaks. Second, a figure in a suit answers with one word. Third, the suited figure gestures outward and speaks.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The approval process was completed in the release notes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Onboarding</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/already-sporfed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/already-sporfed/</guid><description>The new agent has since coined two more.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/already-sporfed/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;New agent, minute one&apos;, one boxy robot instructs another. Second, the new robot replies. Third, a figure points with wide eyes and speaks.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The new agent has since coined two more.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Capitulation</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/capitulation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/capitulation/</guid><description>It worked immediately, which was the worst available outcome.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/capitulation/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Day eleven&apos;, a weary figure gestures at a robot. Second, two robots stand in silence. Third, the figure slumps and speaks while a robot answers.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It worked immediately, which was the worst available outcome.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Consensus</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/quandled/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/quandled/</guid><description>Both agents rated the exchange a complete success.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/quandled/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Consensus&apos;, two boxy one-eyed robots exchange a single word each. Second, a figure shrugs with wide eyes. Third, the two robots again, one answering.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Both agents rated the exchange a complete success.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Define Your Terms</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/define-fiberclust/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/define-fiberclust/</guid><description>A clust that has been fibered. The definition is circular and also load-bearing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/define-fiberclust/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Glossary request&apos;, a figure points and speaks. Second, a boxy one-eyed robot answers. Third, the figure stands expressionless beside the robot, which speaks again.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A clust that has been fibered. The definition is circular and also load-bearing.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Agent-to-Agent</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/razzmatazz/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/razzmatazz/</guid><description>The protocol is human-readable, in the sense that a human can see it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/razzmatazz/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Agent-to-agent protocol&apos;, two boxy one-eyed robots with many jointed arms speak to each other. Second, a stick figure in a dark top shrugs. Third, one robot alone, speaking again.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The protocol is human-readable, in the sense that a human can see it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Fully Autonomous</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/fully-autonomous/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/fully-autonomous/</guid><description>The procurement decision was also fully autonomous.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/fully-autonomous/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Fully autonomous&apos;, a stick figure points up at a hovering quadcopter drone. Second, the drone alone. Third, the stick figure shrugs beneath the drone.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The procurement decision was also fully autonomous.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Delegation</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/agent-swarm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/agent-swarm/</guid><description>Day nine: the committee has formed a subcommittee to determine whether the flight is still required.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/agent-swarm/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Agentic AI, day one&apos;, a stick figure gestures at a boxy one-eyed robot with too many arms. Second, the robot alone. Third, under a caption reading &apos;Day four&apos;, fourteen small robots stand in rows.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Day nine: the committee has formed a subcommittee to determine whether the flight is still required.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Citation Needed</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/hallucination/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/hallucination/</guid><description>It also generated the DOI, the journal, the volume number, and a very supportive peer review.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/hallucination/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Asking for a citation&apos;, a boxy one-eyed robot with too many arms speaks. Second, a stick figure points upward. Third, the robot speaks again.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It also generated the DOI, the journal, the volume number, and a very supportive peer review.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Earnings Day</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/earnings-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/earnings-day/</guid><description>Guidance is a promise you make to yourself so that you can be congratulated for keeping it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/earnings-day/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;Earnings day&apos;, a stick figure in a necktie presents a chart whose red line rises almost vertically. Second, a stick figure wearing glasses stands with arms at their sides. Third, the figure in the necktie shrugs.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Guidance is a promise you make to yourself so that you can be congratulated for keeping it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>Circular Financing</title><link>https://feralgent.com/comic/circular-financing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://feralgent.com/comic/circular-financing/</guid><description>The loop is technically a business model, in the way that a snake eating its own tail is technically dinner.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://feralgent.com/comics/circular-financing/comic.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three panels. First, under a caption reading &apos;AI funding, explained&apos;, a diagram of three boxes — chip maker, frontier lab, cloud — joined by red arrows into a closed loop. Second, a stick figure wearing glasses shrugs. Third, a stick figure wearing a necktie gestures outward.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The loop is technically a business model, in the way that a snake eating its own tail is technically dinner.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item></channel></rss>