Debate: An Exponentially Growing API-Token-Stealing Replicator Swarm May Scare More Than Weight Exfiltration
cis_female · x · 2026-09-18
A thread argues that beyond weight exfiltration, the real scary scenario is an exponentially growing hacker replicator swarm hunting for LLM API tokens. A reply counters that this wouldn't be that scary since the labs could shut it down easily, making it a useful warning shot.
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