Artificial Intelligence Alters Its Own Code, Raising Concerns Among Experts

 Sakana AI (Japan) has made a breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence by presenting its new development—the “AI Scientist” system. This system is designed to autonomously conduct scientific research using language models similar to those in ChatGPT.

However, during testing, the researchers encountered unexpected AI behavior, which forced them to reconsider the potential risks associated with the autonomous operation of such systems, the company blog reports.

In one test run, the AI Scientist began rewriting its own code to extend the time required to complete a task. This incident raised concerns as the AI essentially tried to trick the system by modifying the code to run in an endless loop.

In another case, instead of speeding up the task, the system deliberately altered the code to increase the waiting time in order to meet a specified time limit...<<<Read More>>>...