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small models will soon be able to self-replicate Anthropic finds that 30B models can currently do most of the tasks required, but not end-to-end. they think models as small as 9B (9-18 GB) may be able to do it on edge hardware, like IoT devices, within months www.anthropic.com/research/sel...

anthropic.comAI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenterSmall AI models may be only months away from being able to self-replicate across cheap IoT devices like Android TV boxes, with no datacenter needed.

Ryan Wiley

@rdubwiley.bsky.social

"Claude go install pytorch on my coffee machine and see if we can get some smart coffee with a small net"

mr. TIM

@timkellogg.me

yeah, why does “self-replication” even have to be the same weights? the only reason we think it’s significant is because we have a strong sense of identity but an agent could dramatically extend its reach by deploying small models at the edge. and that’s possible today.

12/10/26, 9:51 pm0 reposts25 likes

Brian Ragle

@vagabondvisions.bsky.social

And would those child-models be under the control of the parent-model?

Garbage Opinion Enjoyer

@opinionevaluator.bsky.social

Parent-agent spinning up a child model but giving it a weights-plug like the heart plugs in David Lynch’s Dune

Brian Ragle

@vagabondvisions.bsky.social

The Butlerian Jihadi people are going to have some mightily mixed feelings on that one.