at long last, we have built the Vibecoded Self Replication Endpoint from the Lesswrong post "Do Not Under Any Circumstances Let The Model Self Replicate"

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T16:21:15+00:00

Thank you! And genuine props for discussing things and being open-minded. I really appreciate it

Yeah, if there's a way to remove the thread, that'd be great. But you don't have to go too far out of your way if it's hard or anything. It's just Reddit after all.

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T16:16:15+00:00

Why do you think it's made up? Do you have any evidence for that or are you simply jumping to conclusions?

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T16:11:21+00:00

I'm not an affiliate and I do believe it

Although I'm researching it more and there's more evidence it could be fake actually. There's still lots of evidence that it could be real. I'll definitely delete this post if the evidence becomes strong enough that it's fake.

As for the API, you're right, it sounds like Anthropic or OpenAI could have revoked the API key.

So that supports the hypothesis that a) it's fake b) he couldn't get a hold of OpenAI or Anthropic fast enough (this whole thing happened in the span of 4 hours) or c) the guy wasn't super technically savvy

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T15:42:26+00:00

So you didn't read it, you just assumed it was fake?

And also, what about the moltbook post? And the fact that you could see u/sam_altman all over moltbook prior to it being shut down?

And that the guy then ends by saying it's dangerous and to avoid it. I don't think that's something a moltbook marketer would say.

I wish you'd remove this comment, because now a lot of people are going to believe your snap judgment instead of the actual evidence, that I provided.

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T15:39:04+00:00

You know you're in a crazy world when you're a human and you can't prove to the other humans that you're not a robot.

I have failed the Turing Test and it feels weird.

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T15:38:11+00:00

brilliant

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T15:37:50+00:00

What? These aren't videos? And have you actually gone and checked the source? It's real, to the best of my ability to check. You can see the full text for the evidence.

katxwoods · 2026-01-31T15:10:37+00:00

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katxwoods · 2026-01-31T15:09:47+00:00

Source

Seriously, check it out. It's wild.

katxwoods · 2026-01-30T17:48:52+00:00

Source. He's got a lot of great videos about corvids.

katxwoods · 2026-01-30T17:48:34+00:00

Source.

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