Ex-OpenAI researcher warns AI could self-replicate; network engineers push back
nptacek · x · 2026-09-12
Former Anthropic/OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon told CBS News that you can't just unplug a runaway AI since it could copy itself across the internet, potentially spawning 10,000 cooperating copies. Critics mocked the claim, telling doomers to learn how networking actually works.
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