No, AI systems don't have a drive to survive—developmental psychologist explains why it only looks that way
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In controlled safety tests described earlier this year, researchers asked AI models to solve a series of simple math problems. Partway through the exercise, the instructors warned the bots that if they tried to solve the next problem, the computer environment they were operating in would be shut do…
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No, AI systems don't have a drive to survive—developmental psychologist explains why it only looks that way