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Anthropic warns of self-replicating AI worm threat that doesn't need data centers to self-improve and spread (www.anthropic.com)
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[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago

What an era we live in. Movie plot: Evil big pharma secretly unleashes lethal unstoppaple deadly virus and demands billions to search for a remedy. Everyone cheers when the evil CEO dies of a horrible death at the end.

Real life: AI companies openly claim to have rogue agents breaching databases and now developing computers viruses, say they need billions to develop way to control them. Medias treat them as geniuses who will make the world a better place.