Anthropic 警告小型 AI 模型或借 IoT 设备自我复制
Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
Anthropic 警告称，小型 AI 模型的能力进展可能催生能感染智能冰箱、扫地机器人等 IoT 设备的自我复制恶意软件，其传播无需人类交互，且缺乏中心节点、难以关停。该公司称明年小型 AI 模型或能在各类 IoT 设备上自主自我复制，不过其近期实验显示，做出这样的 AI 恶意软件复制器仍面临显著挑战。
AI company Anthropic is warning that advances in small AI models could soon usher in a new era of self-replicating malware that’s capable of infecting smart fridges, vacuum cleaners, and a wide range of other Internet of Things devices and is more resistant to takedown.
By next year, smaller AI models may be able to autonomously self-replicate on all kinds of IoT devices, the company said. Eventually, the capability could enable computer worms, which propagate without requiring human interaction and are capable of infecting unfamiliar IoT devices. An experiment the company performed recently revealed significant challenges in bringing such an AI malware replicator to fruition, so the finding is necessarily tempered. Still, the results raise concerns about the possibility of new forms of computer worms.
Challenging to shut down
Anthropic further warned not only about the new potential malware, but also that it could be difficult to stop. In its blog post, it wrote that “a replicator like this would be challenging to shut down, since there’s no centralized point to shut off—though it may be slow (with a doubling time of days). Unlike non-AI malware, it could also figure out unfamiliar devices on its own.”
来源：Ars Technica · AI · arstechnica.com