Geopolitics
The Coming Digital Plague: Self-Replicating AI as the New Frontier of Techno-Imperialism
AI research from Anthropic warns that within months or years, relatively small AI models could gain the ability to self-replicate across vulnerable internet-connected devices without relying on central data centers. This impending frontier of AI-powered cyber contagion, emerging not from state actors but from corporate labs primarily in the Anglo-American sphere, represents a terrifying new vector of technological imperialism, threatening to weaponize the digital infrastructure of the Global South and turn every unsecured smart device into a potential beachhead for autonomous, uncontrollable systems.
