Here is a little Q&A

Can you explain your position quickly?

I think autonomous replication and adaptation in the wild is under-discussed as an AI threat model. And this makes me sad because this is one of the main reasons I'm worried. I think one of AI Safety people's main proposals should first focus on creating a nonproliferation treaty. Without this treaty, I think we are screwed. The more I think about it, the more I think we are approaching a point of no return. It seems to me that open source is a severe threat and that nobody is really on the ball. Before those powerful AIs can self-replicate and adapt, AI development will be very positive overall and difficult to stop, but it's too late after AI is able to adapt and evolve autonomously because Natural selection favors AI over humans.

What is ARA?

Autonomous Replication and [...]

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First published:
May 31st, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xiRfJApXGDRsQBhvc/we-might-be-dropping-the-ball-on-autonomous-replication-and-1

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“We might be dropping the ball on Autonomous Replication and Adaptation.” by Charbel-Raphaël, Épiphanie Gédéon

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