'No one has done this in the wild': study observes AI replicate itself

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• vintagedave 1 hour ago
  In fairness, it appears they were instructed to do so. The implication from the headline and our fears is that it was autonomous and unexpected.
• richardatlarge 2 hours ago
  This was also the premise in an AI themed novel last year, A Better Spy (Richard DeGrandpre).

  A Russian AI is weaponized and the CIA recruits a Russian engineer to try to stop it