The exploding controversy over AI’s built-in survival drive Peter Marshall | September 29, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/29/the-exploding-controversy-over-ais-built-in-survival-drive/ In controlled safety tests described earlier this year, researchers asked AI models to solve a series of simple math problems. Partway through the exercise, the instructors warned the bots that if they tried to solve the next problem, the computer environment they were operating in would be shut down. In some runs, the shutdown occurred as specified. In others, models interfered with the shutdown script and continued with the remaining problems.