> The question is of course, how close are we to mutating into a LLM that is more self-replicating hacking-virus? Available resources limit what any computer v

> The question is of course, how close are we to mutating into a LLM that is more self-replicating hacking-virus? Available resources limit what any computer virus can get away with. Look at a botnet. Once the cost of leaving it running exceeds the cost of eradicating it it gets shut down. Unlike a human virus we can just wipe the host clean if we have to.