<![CDATA["‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes #AI replicate itself"]]>"‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes replicate itself"

I find this article to be sensationalistic, but I agree there is a reckoning coming

People conjure dramatic scenarios like the movies, but I feel if AI does fuck us up, it will be according to the most boring and mundane of ways

My particular terror is turning all of into a wasteland of exquisite mechanized for

Until such time, unplugging the damn things can work

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‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes AI replicate itself

World is approaching point where no one can shut down a rogue AI, says director of body behind study

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the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116534978607715103https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/116534978607715103Thu, 07 May 2026 19:37:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes #AI replicate itself" on Thu, 07 May 2026 19:30:04 GMT]]>@benroyce Asking as a little old grognarina from the early 80's, and this is different from a virus how?

“We’ve had computer viruses – pieces of malicious software that was able to exploit known vulnerabilities in other software and use that to self-replicate – for decades,” said Woźniak.

Thank you, @rysiek !

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We neuter pets……

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There was similar FUD spread when the first worms & viruses hit. According to the early 1990s, we should all be dead by now from viral infections of critical infrastructure.

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Indeed there are human hackers.

Of course there is Google/Alphabet stupidity of using Chrome browser to install an LLM on your computer (stealing your bandwidth as it's over 4G per PC) which websites you visit can use? Prompt API?

Time to remove Chrome. Maybe also Edge and Chromium?

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they do talk about it seeding itself across the web, but that's where the sensationalism comes in

what we are talking about? running things in javascript in a browser? like that's efficient. taking over servers? so it's a hack people won't miss and they will remedy it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116534697232583719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116534697232583719Thu, 07 May 2026 18:26:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes #AI replicate itself" on Thu, 07 May 2026 18:24:03 GMT]]>@benroyce
Such a stupid sub heading.
There is always a power cord. Battery stuff goes flat.

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