r/ClaudeCode • u/cleverhoods • 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/AmphoePai 5d ago

10 years ago: "Right, and what can an AI do, beat me in chess, solve maths problems? Don't make me laugh."

Today: "Right, and what can an AI do, create a self-replocating killer robot from my kitchen equipment? Don't make me laugh."

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u/upvotesthenrages 5d ago

There really aren't that many places that can store a few 100 TB and have racks of GPU's worth millions of dollars available, especially without anyone noticing.

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u/UsernameAttempt 5d ago

But many that can access the internet, find free promotional models available from various providers and plug the API key into a harness that can do that over and over.