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I understand it how it applies to a virus, because a virus has a mechanism for action. In fact a virus is all mechanism for action; its behaviour is emergent fr
by robertlagrant 2y ago
I understand it how it applies to a virus, because a virus has a mechanism for action. In fact a virus is all mechanism for action; its behaviour is emergent from just being the surviving behaviour, rather than any grand strategizing.
But for AI, they are all brains (or that's the claim) but no brawn. How do they act?
- ben_w 2y agoComputer viruses are already a thing. Some of those viruses shut down hospitals, some damage uranium enrichment facilities, some mine or steal bitcoin, some steal normal money. Polymorphic viruses have been around for decades, so it's not inconceivable that there's already some almost entirely evolved (simulated evolution is a kind of AI training mechanism) virus on the internet already, even before LLMs. Right now, I'd expect an LLM to be fairly mediocre at writing a virus. But it doesn't need to be an LLM that does the writing, just as it doesn't need to be an LLM that is the payload once the infection has happened.