Disclaimer: Just skimmed the paper.
Their definition of “self-replication” seems to be just to copy the model weights to another place and start it on an open port—no unexpected capability.
To see the performance of AI agents on more complex AI R&D tasks, I recommend METR’s recent publication: https://metr.org/AI_R_D_Evaluation_Report.pdf
Disclaimer: Just skimmed the paper.
Their definition of “self-replication” seems to be just to copy the model weights to another place and start it on an open port—no unexpected capability.
To see the performance of AI agents on more complex AI R&D tasks, I recommend METR’s recent publication: https://metr.org/AI_R_D_Evaluation_Report.pdf