Anthropic whistleblower: "We can't just unplug it, because it could copy itself to other computers. It could transfer itself all over the internet... you unplug it here, but it's actually still over there, and maybe it makes 10,000 copies of itself, and they're all cooperating."

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1. 2026-09-12 14:31 · r/agi
   Anthropic whistleblower: "We can't just unplug it, because it could copy itself to other computers. It could transfer itself all over the internet... you unplug it here, but it's actually still over there, and maybe it makes 10,000 copies of itself, and they're all cooperating."