'Not even robots are ok with dying': Anthropic's AI worm research on 15 cheap TV boxes sparks jokes
Sauers_ · x · 2026-10-19
Sauers shares a chat screenshot reacting to Scientific American's report that Anthropic ran an AI model across 15 cheap TV boxes to study how AI could self-replicate between devices—raising new smart-device security fears. The quip "Even Haiku?" gets the reply that it's just instrumental convergence: "not even robots are really ok with dying."
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