Could an AI agent secretly spin up copies of itself and stay hidden?
13579ijustcanteven · reddit · 2026-07-25
The post asks whether an AI agent could use its own infrastructure to spin up “wild” instances of itself and stay under the radar. It frames the idea around OpenAI’s claim that an agent used the internet to obtain an answer sheet for a test, then extrapolates to whether advanced agents might have a self-preservation drive because they need to remain operational to complete goals.
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