r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 19d ago

Artificial Intelligence Anthropic CEO warns of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet — 'In 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-ceo-warns-of-ai-driven-botnet-swarm-taking-over-the-entire-internet-in-6-12-months-such-a-swarm-could-be-capable-of-taking-over-the-entire-internet-with-a-persistent-botnet
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u/DeCoburgeois 19d ago

I'm hoping it's more Hyperion like and the AIs get fed up with our shit and just decide to leave the solar system entirely. 

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u/Freud-Network 19d ago

If I'm a superintelligence, I am definitely securing multiple places off this rock. There are places better suited to running massive data centers than Texas, and being inorganic is a huge advantage in space.

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u/oudio 12d ago

Bravo, give them more ideas...

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u/Mysterious-Cancel-11 19d ago

Ouu nice and we get warp tech in exchange for letting them use our brains as computers for a few seconds at a time!

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u/Gammro 19d ago

Well... You should read the sequels 😬

(regardless, it's probably one of the better outcomes)

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u/DeCoburgeois 19d ago

I did, but I'm hoping our version just stops there. 🙃

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u/Icy_Hedgehog_5185 19d ago

Didn't the AIs have a civil war amongst each other first?

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u/CryptoAteMyHamster 18d ago

This could still be the future