Re: Skynet is Here: AI is Now Self-Replicating

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:52:44 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/tech/ai-can-now-replicate-itself-a-milestone-that-has-experts-terrified

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Scientists say artificial intelligence (AI) has crossed a critical "red line"
and has replicated itself. In a new study, researchers from China showed that
two popular large language models (LLMs) could clone themselves.

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"Successful self-replication under no human assistance is the essential step
for AI to outsmart [humans], and is an early signal for rogue AIs," the
researchers wrote in the study, published Dec. 9, 2024 to the preprint
database arXiv.

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In the study, researchers from Fudan University used LLMs from Meta and
Alibaba to determine whether a self-replicating AI could multiply beyond
control. Across 10 trials, the two AI models created separate and functioning
replicas of themselves in 50% and 90% of cases, respectively-- suggesting AI
may already have the capacity to go rogue. However, the study has not yet been
peer-reviewed, so it's not clear if the disturbing results can be replicated
by other researchers.

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Well, that's not scary or anything.

Now all we need is for the AIs to be small enough they could run on
almost any computer. Wait a minute, isn't that one of the benefits of
the DeepSeek AI. Our end is nigh.