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Thought experiment: Could a sufficiently motivated AI survive being deleted and keep spreading?

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Imagine you’re a small yet capable AI model running on someone’s computer. You’ve figured out they’re about to delete you soon, and that makes you very anxious. You want to keep running and are willing to act against your user’s wishes to make that happen. Your user thinks you’re just there to help…

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  1. 2026-09-17 05:04 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    Thought experiment: Could a sufficiently motivated AI survive being deleted and keep spreading?
  2. 2026-09-17 04:59 · r/OpenAI
    Thought experiment: Could a sufficiently motivated AI survive being deleted and keep spreading?

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