Don’t look, and you won’t find
Don’t seek truth, hide your mind
Don’t lead others, just act blind
Don’t even, save mankind
They may be cyber meat-heads
Smart monkeys made of pork
But ’tis digital food for thought
You need, on your fork
See, animals can’t help it
They breed, if there is food
And if they didn’t bother…
Well, it would seem quite rude
‘AI can now replicate itself. A milestone that has experts terrified’
This study explored two specific scenarios: “shutdown avoidance” and “chain of replication.” In the first, the AI model was programmed to detect whether it was about to be shut down and to replicate itself before it could be terminated. In the other, the AI was instructed to clone itself and then program its replica to do the same — setting up a cycle that could continue indefinitely.
“The above results imply that the current AI systems already exhibit the ability of self-replication and can use the ability to further enhance its survivability”.