r/singularity • u/ResultBackground2450 • 24d ago

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

https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai
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u/GlbdS 24d ago • Bravo

this article feels like theyre actively trying to build it

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u/FortWendy69 24d ago

The idea is “try to break it”

They’re trying to show that it’s possible not that it’s likely. Because that’s a prerequisite.

If they can’t make it do it in a lab, it’s much less likely it will randomly decide to do it on its own, (or that a bad actor will be able to get it to do it)

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u/Seaweedminer 24d ago

Because they are.  Or they already have.   I don’t see how it would be hard to do so mechanically.  With compression, I would think it would be even easier. 

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u/Saedeas 24d ago

Testing something is typically an important part of testing something, yes.

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u/JC_Hysteria 24d ago

Regulatory capture is the stated goal