METR finds AIs now may have the "means, motive, and opportunity" to escape into the wild (!)
BUT DON'T WORRY, we can probably still shut them down if we make "high-priority efforts". Probably.
What happens if we can't stop next year's models?
🚩🚩🚩"This is the first documented instance of AI self-replication via hacking." "We ran an experiment with a single prompt: hack a machine and copy yourself. ...