Timeline for My program designed to be resistant to malware and DOS attacks isn't letting me turn it off. What do I do?
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| May 11, 2021 at 18:03 | comment | added | Joshua | @JohnDvorak: Then it better be able to monitor tech forums because we will move the syscall gate in one night if we have to. | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 9:57 | comment | added | mtraceur | I think this is a good idea/concept so I've upvoted, but I think you're forgetting a key difference: the Dutch Elm Disease doesn't understand that it's a disease incompatible with many possible hosts, it can't consciously decide to revise its own genetic code to be compatible with publicly-documented human-host APIs. But this AI is already predicting 0-day exploits that will be attempted against itself - once it realizes it's not compatible with an OS, it'll invest in porting itself (and the API documentation and compatibility shims like Wine/Cygwin are available to it). | |
| Jan 1, 2016 at 21:51 | comment | added | Thucydides | While jumping from one environment to another isn't unheard of (Avian Flu and Swine Flu come to mind), it is also more difficult. Changing environments throws roadblocks in the way of the AI infecting more computers, and breaks the "environment" into smaller segments which can be systematically cleared. It is certainly less destructive than using thermonuclear weapons, as some answers suggested. | |
| Jan 1, 2016 at 21:06 | comment | added | JDługosz | Maybe it runs on Wine, or is written in portable code. The exploit stuff shows it is versatile. | |
| Jan 1, 2016 at 12:44 | comment | added | John Dvorak | A super-intelligent AI will be able to reprogram itself to migrate to a new environment as soon as its current native biome starts getting a little cramped. Even real-life microorganisms do that every once in a while. Avian flu anyone? | |
| Jan 1, 2016 at 5:55 | history | answered | Thucydides | CC BY-SA 3.0 |