AI Could Soon Feed On Smart Devices Like a ‘Digital Slime Mold,’ Anthropic Warns

The world is buzzing with smart devices—gadgets that can connect to the internet and transmit data between one another. There are smartphones, smart speakers, smart TVs, smart refrigerators, smart rings, smart watches, smart vibrators (not joking), smart thermostats, smart ovens, smart desks, smart kitty litter boxes, smart toasters, smart washing machines, and on and on. Very soon, the so-called “internet of things” (IoT) of which all these consumer products are a part could become the host for a self-replicating AI virus, spreading from device to device like a slime mold colonizing a petri dish.

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