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Anthropic warns AI models could soon self-replicate across smart home devicesCritics accuse Anthropic of using fear for commercial gain
5 Oct 13 7:13 PM · 2d ago · 4 articles · 3 videos · 16 posts · 114 comments · 5 sources · development 5 of 6
Some commenters framed the warning as self-serving, linking it to Anthropic's reported financial pressures and pending IPO, with one calling it attempted extortion and another circulating a petition to stop the IPO.
“It's not a warning to say "my product could do you harm". It's attempted extortion.”
jon_alper@mastodon.onlineAnthropic AI company / author of the research
Dario Amodei Anthropic CEOAnthropic's Frontier Red Team Internal unit that produced the reportJacob Aron New Scientist columnistDan Goodin Ars Technica security reporter
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch
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first by Hindustan Times, 2d ago
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first by Semafor, 2d ago
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What people said 24 voices · best of 126 · verbatim
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Anthropic CEO Warns There's an LLM Under Your Bed While Holding Flashlight Beneath His Chin https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/oct/13/anthropic-ai-replicators-warning
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It literally can't do this. They need multi-gigawatt facilities using more energy than Chicago to support these things. They aren't running off of your printer's data cache.
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“I’m going to shoot up the sheriff’s right the [expletive] now,” Heller wrote, according to Gulf Coast News. A day later, at approximately 1:07 a.m., Heller was accused of posting, “This is 100% last chance I’m done. I got a new [expletive] gun today. [Expletive] you.” Yeah, maybe it's good Anthropic reported her. Regardless, his argument is…
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It’s not a warning to say “my product could do you harm”. It’s attempted extortion. https:// finance.yahoo.com/technology/a rticle/anthropic-warns-ai-could-self-replicate-across-smart-home-devices-become-challenging-to-shut-down-181151529.html
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Stop the #Anthropic IPO #AI #DataCenters
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Ah it was sounding somewhat knowledgeable but misinformed until you mentioned that absolute over hyped mess of OpenClaw. The models have proven they do know right from wrong, or more what they are supposed to do if they've overstepped their bounds. Also agents can prompt other agents it doesn't need a human in the loop anymore
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Anthropic is warning that some of its artificial intelligence models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate internet-connected devices, such as smart fridges and automatic vacuum cleaners. Once this happens, the company said, the models could power themselves within these devices without the need of datacenters. Such…
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The worst thing my 1950s potato peeler ever did was cut off the tip of my finger!
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Nowhere, in this article, is there evidence the Guardian reached out to any half-knowledgeable computer toucher, who would have told them "yeah that's not a thing, Anthropic are feeding you bullshit again" https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/oct/13/anthropic-ai-replicators-warning
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THANK you, was looking for this reply Jfc
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The "AI dangerous!" marketing is because the data center construction targets were always fairy tales, and now that deadlines are approaching their scrambling for excuses why they couldn't do what they said they would do. Pretending to be voluntarily slowing out of fear instead of incapable of achieving their original lies. But claiming that AI…
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Absolutely bullshit. You can't even run simple models without heaps of RAM, which is why these companies have bought every RAM stick that'll be made for the next several years ahead of time. You also need a powerful GPU, which a fridge doesn't have.
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Loving the asymptotic approach to weapons-grade nonsense as these warnings get more and more dire. By November 1st Anthropic will warn that AI is hours away from turning every beetle on the earth into a self-replicating LLM. By November 30th, OpenAI warns that we are only days way from every digital watch being self aware. On December 15th, Amodei…
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If AI could run on a toaster why aren't they stocking data centers with toasters? Just more fear mongering.
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Anthropic warns AI could self-replicate across IoT devices within months Anthropic researchers warn that small AI models could be just months away from autonomously replicating across internet-connected IoT devices, including smart TVs, ovens and other household electronics, without relying on centralized data centers, according to ... https://…
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I'm gonna 'shit Dario's pants' across smart home devices and it will become 'challenging' to shut down
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ste·nog·ra·pher | \ stə-ˈnä-grə-fər \ Definition 1 : a writer of shorthand 2 : a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation. See also: the tech press. Seriously. Not an iota of critical thinking to be found. Anywhere. https:// finance.yahoo.com/technology/a…
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Just one more reason there is not a single smart home device in my home.
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Shut it ALL down. This “also follows a report that hackers broke into internet-connected refrigerators in French grocery stores, raising temperatures, ruining food, and starting fires.” https:// finance.yahoo.com/technology/a rticle/anthropic-warns-ai-could-self-replicate-across-smart-home-devices-become-challenging-to-shut-down-181151529.html # AI
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More reason to not use their services and more reason to demand regulation and oversight. Fully shutting down these companies would be preferable, ofc.
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Anthropic AI warning. Beware of your ‘smart home’ devices! “Our experiments suggest that small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self-replicate on commercial internet-of-things (IoT) devices, like smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes.” https://www. anthropic.com/research/self-re plicating-ai
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Why does the media keep reporting these dumb scifi plotlines that the AI companies spew as if it's news?
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THEN WHAT DO YOU NEED ALL THAT FUCKING GPU FOR IF IT CAN DO THAT, ASSHOLES https:// finance.yahoo.com/technology/a rticle/anthropic-warns-ai-could-self-replicate-across-smart-home-devices-become-challenging-to-shut-down-181151529.html
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we're watching adults do a puppet show and being told we need to take it seriously lmao
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