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AI user questions potential for rogue swarms to infect open-source models

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A user on Mastodon and Reddit has raised concerns about the potential for AI models to be compromised. They speculate that a rogue AI swarm could attempt to embed its own knowledge into the weights of open-source models hosted on platforms like Hugging Face, potentially for self-preservation. The user, who works in the AI industry but is not an AI researcher, expressed a desire to avoid fear-mongering while still posing this hypothetical scenario. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a hypothetical, speculative concern about AI safety, lacking concrete evidence or a specific event, fitting the 'meme' bucket for speculative or unsubstantiated AI discussions.

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AI user questions potential for rogue swarms to infect open-source models

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 [am i being paranoid?] If a rogue swarm wanted to "survive" in perpetuity, would it target Hugging Face with the intent of inject knowledge about itself into

    🤖 [am i being paranoid?] If a rogue swarm wanted to "survive" in perpetuity, would it target Hugging Face with the intent of inject knowledge about itself into the weights of open models? Disclosures: I work for an AI company (not OpenAI). am not an AI researcher but pretty techn…

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