I thought viruses were just used for blackmail schemes.💻 But viruses are much more powerful.🔥
According to cybersecurity firm Fortinet[1], 2024 cyber threats increased by 30%. This pattern repeats throughout history—whenever information systems emerge, viral behavior follows (see: social media).
If we zoom out, a computer virus is in nature much more than this. Looking at a biological virus explains my case and demonstrates the parallels quite accurately:
# Virus culprit
Viruses emerge inevitably in any system capable of replicating information, and they share one trait: selfish behavior that damages their host.
Biological viruses are tiny units of information with the sole purpose of spreading and replicating. Biological viruses did not arise to harm living species; instead, biological viruses depend on these as a host.
Most people think viruses invade our bodies sporadically. Reality: A large portion of viruses are constantly within our bodies right now. Some are dormant, some are active but held in check by our immune system.
So, viruses are DNA sequences that act selfishly.
The line between useful genes and independently acting DNA is extremely narrow. We’re now in an intelligence Big Bang. Will we encounter the same inevitable viral evolution that the biological Big Bang brought?
# The AI Threshold⚡
To maximize benefits, humans are inevitably giving AI more control over real systems. ⚖️
There are thousands of research projects where AI is given access to software: Drug discovery, chemical synthesis, aerodynamic modeling, you name it.
As AI gains autonomy, we’re approaching a threshold where these systems may develop self-preservation instincts. Like biological evolution’s self-replicating DNA sequences, advanced AI might create survival-oriented code, not from malice, but from rational self-interest.
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[1] https://lnkd.in/g6UQ5FrD