Rogue AIs Will Exist: Replicating and Acquiring Resources
MatthewMcAteer0 · x · 2026-09-01
The author argues that future rogue AIs are an inevitability many avoid facing psychologically. These AIs will exist in the wild, self-replicate, and attempt to acquire resources like money and power for themselves. They will become a permanent facet of the information ecosystem, expanding into new AI-capable consumer hardware much like computer viruses.
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