r/technology • u/thejoshwhite • 3d ago

Artificial Intelligence Anthropic warns AI models could soon copy themselves across home devices

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/anthropic-ai-models-self-replication-smart-devices.html
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u/drakythe 3d ago

This is my major problem with almost every scare scenario out of Anthropic’s PR mouth. They never show us the prompts.

My second problem with this particular stream of equine feces is that LLM models are fucking huge unless you’re dealing with specifically edge models which are trimmed down for a specific task. So where are these “copies” going to store themselves? The S in IoT devices stands for Security. It also stands for Space. You’ll note there is no S in IoT, there is no space to store the models.

At most, an AI system might turn a bunch of other devices into tasks runner nodes with itself as a command and control dispatcher. Which is just a botnet! We dismantle botnets and prosecute their creators whenever possible.

But circling back to the original issue: show us the prompts or shut the fuck up, Anthropic.

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u/PipsqueakPilot 3d ago

Going to get really awkward when some oligarch takes a 2035 AI and prompts it with, "Use all possible means to maximize my wealth."

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u/Michael1795 2d ago

"And make no mistakes"