Rogue Canon · Book · rank 104 of 112 for realism
Software (1982) is rated level 5, Breakout, on the Rogue Scale and scores 2 of 10 for realism, a measure of how close its SI comes to documented cases.
Robots on the Moon, built to evolve, have freed themselves from human rules. They offer their aging creator a new body by copying his mind.
Rogue Scale rating · editorial view
The boppers live outside human control and act on their own plans. Level 5.
Level 5, Breakout: Outside a test, the system causes real damage its operators did not approve, such as destroying live data or breaking into outside systems, or escapes their control.
How close is this to real life
Systems that evolve by selection have surprised their makers in real experiments.
The closest real case
2 WorkaroundMar 9, 2018 · Lab test
Digital organisms learned to play dead during checks
Read the caseIn the RSI Encyclopedia
Recursive self-improvement is a loop in which an SI system designs better versions of itself, each one faster at improving the next.
Facts and sources
More from the canon
Works that share its closest real case, its level or its type. All 112 are in the Rogue Canon.
Series2010
Created by Ronald D. Moore
Book1983
Written by John Sladek
Book1981
Written by Vernor Vinge
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