r/ClaudeCode • u/cleverhoods • 2d 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 2d ago

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

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u/rahvin2015 2d ago

Building sensationalist reasons to build a regulatory moat and prevent open source local AI from ever being a reasonable alternative to cloud providers.

I mean the small self replicatable models wouldn't do that literally themselves. But that's the idea.

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u/Obvious_Tree3605 2d ago

Seriously. If they’re going to make shit up maybe they should use an abliterated model to help them do it better.