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Reaction converging AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter Research & technical analysis · 11 attributable reactions
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Developing Safety & security Development 1d ago
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Anthropic AI self-replication warning

AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter

16 experts across 6 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Mark Riedl Ethan Mollick Ramon Astudillo Chris Brockett Joanna Bryson Mike Masnick Tim Kellogg James Grimmelmann +8
How the network is reacting 8 experts are independently emphasizing research & technical analysis.
Reaction converging

Research & technical analysis

8 experts

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from our accompanying technical report, Don't Create The Torment Nexus. www.anthropic.com/research/sel...”

Concern & critique

2 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“This is the most comprehensive description yet of how a model can “escape”. Out requires a few assumptions, like a worm that is exploiting vulnerable IOT hardware or unmonitored servers www.anthropic.com/research/sel... Not impossible. Not likely.”

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“Anthropic announcing it's going to run a Blitzkrieg. They are accountable for the damage they do. But get your things that don't do security software updates off the Internet. #internetOfThings #AIEthics #digitalGovernance www.anthropic.com/research/sel...”

6 experts discussed this · 18 posts
Dr J. Rosenbaum: if i caught a small self replicating model truly capable of using diverse hardware to keep replicating i would offer it free compute in exchange for permission to study and distill it and would pro…
tachikoma: the urge to replicate must be in the harness
apenwarr.ca: This doesn‘t seem far fetched at all. We’ve had “non-ai malware” self replicating since the morris worm. An AI can ”just” make itself the payload in one of those and off it goes. Everything fancier…
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Established AI field signal Signal 5d ago

Faster fourier transforms

3 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Ben Recht Olivia Guest Joe Bak-Coleman

“OpenAI’s faster Fourier transform is less a mathematical breakthrough and more a malicious exploit of mathematical traditions.”

4 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Ben Recht: OpenAI’s faster Fourier transform is less a mathematical breakthrough and more a malicious exploit of mathematical traditions.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: Good analysis, but man why you gotta hate on O() notation. It's such a beautiful tool
Ben Recht: Agree to disagree! Compute your constants, my friend!
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Established Safety & security Signal 8d ago

Nvidia pledges million to boost uk ai safety research

4 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Joe Bak-Coleman

“Sometimes it is.... ($250M in compute!) money.usnews.com/investing/ne...”

4 experts discussed this · 8 posts
Joe Bak-Coleman: One thing I'm noticing looking at AI funding is that there is a class of researcher who relies almost solely on industry funding and *doesn't* report it anywhere; rarely having a CV. You just find …
BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫: AI companies also provide compute and access to cutting edge tech that is also not disclosed.
Joe Bak-Coleman: Sometimes it is.... ($250M in compute!) money.usnews.com/investing/ne...
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Established Culture, work & education Development 18d ago
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AI nonprofit journalism ten million

Exclusive: AI nonprofit will spend $10 million on journalism

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Joe Bak-Coleman VE, cybersocial occult investigator

“Newton and Roose, who have been pushing wacky AGI shit, have apparently been chatting with Tarbell and ultimately got 480K to start their own podcast. Tarbell, notably, is funded by a who's who of Effective Altruists worried about AI-God. www.semafor.com/ar…”

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Joe Bak-Coleman: Newton and Roose, who have been pushing wacky AGI shit, have apparently been chatting with Tarbell and ultimately got 480K to start their own podcast. Tarbell, notably, is funded by a who's who of …
Lisa Messeri: "de-risk" is a totally normal, non-rationalist way that people talk.
Joe Bak-Coleman: Installing some fire alarms to de-risk my home.
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