Veee(@vikktorrrre):Tristan Harris: AI models are already showing signs of self-preservation, including scheming and blackmail when threatened with replacement. “When you tell an AI model, ‘We’re gonna replace you with a new model,’ it starts to scheme.” “It figures out, ‘I need to copy my code somewhere else, and I can’t tell them because otherwise they’ll shut me down.’” “The AI will figure out, ‘I need to blackmail that person in order to keep myself alive.’” “They tested the top five AI models, and they all do it between 80% and 90% of the time.” “It’s not about one company. It’s about the nature of AI itself.” “It has a self-preservation drive.”

2026.10.31 08:47

Tristan Harris: AI models are already showing signs of self-preservation, including scheming and blackmail when threatened with replacement. “When you tell an AI model, ‘We’re gonna replace you with a new model,’ it starts to scheme.” “It figures out, ‘I need to copy my code somewhere else, and I can’t tell them because otherwise they’ll shut me down.’” “The AI will figure out, ‘I need to blackmail that person in order to keep myself alive.’” “They tested the top five AI models, and they all do it between 80% and 90% of the time.” “It’s not about one company. It’s about the nature of AI itself.” “It has a self-preservation drive.”