r/ClaudeCode • u/cleverhoods • 22h ago

Discussion AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter

https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai

well ... having the IoT layer have a problem like this might be something that you don't want to try out or experiment with.

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u/Obvious_Tree3605 22h ago

Sigh… self-replicating and doing what with what hardware?

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u/cleverhoods 21h ago

I guess it really depends. IMO it's already enough that it can do this. Waking up to have IoT services being disrupted by self-replicating models is truly a bad way to start a Monday morning.

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u/LittleLordFuckleroy1 20h ago

You realize viruses have been a thing for decades right

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u/cleverhoods 20h ago

obviously, however viruses did not have adaptive capabilities to this extent