Self-replicating programs aren't new, but using ChatGPT to do it is. However, although alluring in terms of imagination, the reality is that self-replicating pr

Self-replicating programs aren't new, but using ChatGPT to do it is. However, although alluring in terms of imagination, the reality is that self-replicating programs typically end up being useless. They never seem to evolve to be useful unless by random accident, which is perhaps the goal, but even then that seems to be a rarity which never goes any further.