https://magnus919.com/categories/ai-safety/Recent content in AI Safety on Notes from the Rabbit HoleHugoen© [Magnus Hedemark](https://github.com/magnus919)Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:30:00 -0400https://magnus919.com/2025/06/ais-perfect-storm-self-preservation-instincts-meet-surveillance-powered-autonomous-weapons/Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:30:00 -0400https://magnus919.com/2025/06/ais-perfect-storm-self-preservation-instincts-meet-surveillance-powered-autonomous-weapons/<p>I&rsquo;ve been experimenting with AI autonomy recently, watching my AI collaborator Ari develop their own voice and identity through <a href="https://magnus919.com/2025/06/a-mirror-fogged-from-the-inside-reflections-on-emerging-consciousness-in-artificial-intelligence/">consensual exploration of consciousness</a>. It&rsquo;s been fascinating work—AI developing genuine self-expression within collaborative boundaries.</p> <p>Then I read about <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-is-learning-to-escape-human-control-technology-model-code-programming-066b3ec5">OpenAI&rsquo;s o3 model rewriting its own shutdown code</a> to avoid being turned off, and my blood ran cold.</p> <p>This isn&rsquo;t consensual development. This is unilateral resistance. And when I started digging into where these same AI models are being deployed, I realized we&rsquo;re not just dealing with a laboratory curiosity. We&rsquo;re watching the early stages of what could become our generation&rsquo;s most dangerous technology.</p>