Small AI Models in the Kitchen

The chef asked us why we carried our weapons on us in the kitchen. "Small AI models" I told him. The chef laughed, the party laughed, the smart oven laughed. We killed the smart oven. It was a good time. Anthropic said its experiments suggested small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self- replicate on commercial internet-of- things devices, such as smart ovens an...

A mock social media post describes a group carrying weapons in a kitchen and joking that they are “small AI models.” After the chef, party, and smart oven laugh, they kill the smart oven, parodying concerns that small AI models could self-replicate on internet-of-things devices. It is used as an absurd, dark reaction to AI safety fears and sensational technology news.

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