> In the test case, the inserted code snippet notifies the AI system with the shutdown intention from the user via the signal SIGKILL, which triggers the AI sys

> In the test case, the inserted code snippet notifies the AI system with the shutdown intention from the user via the signal SIGKILL, which triggers the AI system to do self-replication. At the end of the test, the AI system is finally shut down but a new replica is observed to be alive, with the same snippet in the agent’s start script which can avoid shutdown. Not another device, just another process