• @JustAnotherKay
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    53 days ago

    Software has been self replicating since it has been able to write text to a file, which… Has been a while

    • Flying Squid
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      53 days ago

      Yeah, I really don’t get it and the article doesn’t mate it any clearer to me-

      They put all the LLM files into a folder, gave the LLM access to the system, told the LLM where the files were, then told it to “replicate yourself.”

      Sounds like the very, very simple shit I barely understood how to do back when I was occasionally writing or editing batch files in the MS-DOS days.

      • @JustAnotherKay
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        53 days ago

        Tell the LLM to run “cp ~/self_replicate ~/replicated”

        LLM runs the command

        GUYS LOOK WHAT MY AI CAN DO