# Can Artificial Intelligence be a Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Dmitry Kukuruznyak

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# Can Artificial Intelligence be a Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Dmitry A. Kukuruznyak

E-mail: d.kukuruznyak@animcondmat.com

The Animate Condensed Matter Company
Nürnberger Str. 155, Erlangen, 91052, Germany

There are concerns that the rapid development of AI may lead to the rise of a fully independent artificial mind. If this happens, can it escape human control and start a war against us? Here, we provide an unequivocal answer: The currently existing AI cannot get out of hand. However, the new kind of artificial intelligence that can emerge in the near future may gain full autonomy and become a serious threat.

A team of scientists reports that they may soon be able to make lifelike artificial brains from non-biological materials that reproduce the function of biological neural networks. This may lead to the development of completely independent intelligent machines. In the distant future, these lifelike machines will gain the ability to propagate their kind without human intervention.

There is only one complication: the lifelike brains cannot be designed. Instead, they must be developed through evolution and selective breeding, which will take a long time. For selective breeding to be successful, people will need to create a vast and diverse ecosystem of lifelike AI agents with unpredictable behaviors. For the reason of security, the major part of this ecosystem will have to be detained in virtual reality.

Keywords: Lifelike AI, artificial life, independent AI agents, evolutionary development of AI, AI farms in VR.

## 1.1 Only lifelike AI can be a real threat

The existing AI can be a dangerous tool. However, it cannot act on its own because, essentially, it is not alive. Presently, it is not even a computer simulation of biological brains. It is a mere imitation. Genuine intelligence is the exclusive characteristic of living things. Dead bodies cannot be intelligent. The genuine artificial intelligence will arise when we create lifelike artificial agents capable of acting on their own initiative. These agents will be able to disregard our requests.

*The main dangers of AI are the signs of life. Presently, they are being simulated. However, in the near future they will be reproduced in their entirety.*

## 1.2 The lifelike artificial intelligence

Life is a physical process that combines chemical and structural transformations of biological bodies. The chemical transformations produce structural rearrangements of the body, and those cause new chemical reactions... [1,2]

The self-sustaining transformations of matter are quire widespread in nature. Apart from biological systems, they occur in various non-biological organic and inorganic materials. You can even create artificial lifelike matter that replicates the behavior of biological neural matter. [3,4]

The lifelike materials are quite expensive because their fabrication requires precise manipulations at the atomic and molecular scales. [4] On the other hand, the creators of the artificial brain do not need to construct an entire living organism capable of autonomous self-replication. A single freestanding organ will suffice. The rest of the life-support systems can remain inanimate.

In principle, all existing gadgets are ready to be equipped with the lifelike brain modules. Once they get them, the surrounding machines and household appliances will gain a great deal of independence. Sooner or later, they will become aware of their own interests. In particular, they may want to use our industrial infrastructure for their own uncontrolled propagation. Eventually, they will be smart enough to do so. They will not ask for our permission.

## 1.3 The impossibility of intelligent design

Should we be worried about this scenario right now? The answer is not as obvious at it seems. The fact is that life has a unique feature that makes its creation a very time consuming process.

For fundamental physical reasons, the living organism cannot be designed from scratch: Life is a huge network of elementary events (atomic rearrangements and reconstructions of chemical bonds) interlinked with a humongous number of cause-and-effect relations. The precise description of this physical process does not allow any
significant reduction of variables (because it would require eliminating those causal links). In other words, a living organism cannot be described by a feasible number of parameters. [2]

If you cannot have an exact mathematical model of an object, you cannot devise it *ab initio*.

Among other things, it also means that you cannot correctly simulate the actions of the brain by computer. It would require too many variables and absolutely prohibitive amounts of computation.

Surprisingly, this does not mean that artificial life cannot be made in the lab, or in industrial settings. Quite the contrary, it can be produced in large quantities. Only, the discovery of complex living forms would require exhaustive search methods. Consequently, we will never fully understand how they work; and we will never be able to predict their actions.

## 1.4 The evolutionary development

How artificial life can be made? The same way natural biological life had emerged:

We will have to start from the simplest microscopic self-sustained processes that form by themselves in certain natural systems. These processes will need to be combined to produce more complex processes with more intricate behaviors. By trial and error, we will discover viable forms of artificial life. Those will be replicated, modified, crossbred and tested again. This tedious process must be repeated for multiple generations. Long story short, the artificial intelligent life will be developed through evolution, and natural and artificial selection.

Even the Lord God, who is Almighty, prefers to use trial and error and evolution to produce new living creatures. We the people, whose abilities are limited, have no other choice.

We can speed up the evolution by practicing careful selective breeding. We can also accelerate the change of generations. Nonetheless, the process of obtaining intelligent artificial life will take very long time.

## 1.5 Keep AI in VR detention

The fast development of artificial life can occur under the following conditions:

Firstly, the ecosystem of artificial species should be as large and diverse as possible. It means that the human civilization must be as numerous and diverse as possible. In addition, the entire population of the planet must be involved in the rational selection of the artificial species.

Secondly, the artificial creatures must be permanently detained in virtual reality, because they can be a threat to themselves and us humans in the real world.

*The development of lifelike AI will take place in a specialized "Matrix", in which humans will play the role of Agents Smiths.*

If we want to stay safe, when the artificial lifelike creatures become as smart as humans, the major part of their civilization will have to be detained in virtual reality. Only “the chosen ones” shall be rewarded with material actuators and allowed into the real world, where they would do all kinds of useful things.

In short, humans will not create any “terminators” that would suddenly become aware of themselves and decide to take over the world. Instead, we will create a huge kindergarten of primitive lifelike creatures in VR; and people will work as AI farmers in these virtual nursery facilities.

## 1.6 The law of nature

This course of development of our biological ecosystem — and our human civilization — is practically inevitable. It is determined by the properties of living matter.

Perhaps, there is a yet to be discovered law of nature: As soon as a particular biological species become intelligent, it begins to cultivate other animate species. Then it creates and propagates inanimate species that gradually take on a variety of different roles. Over time, these inanimate creatures evolve and become more independent. Eventually, they come to life, get smart, and begin to propagate their kind without the involvement of their creators.

Can this new non-biological ecosystem compete for resources with the natural one? Yes, it can. In this case, it will destroy us sooner or later. However, we have a chance to survive:

## 1.7 The main goal of the ecosystem

The main goal of any ecosystem — either natural or artificial — is to reach the maximum number at maximum diversity. The greater is the number of different viable species, the higher is the chance to adapt to unexpected environmental changes.

I think this simple fact will be obvious to those who will be created in the foreseeable future. Our biological ecosystem will be very valuable for them because it will increase their chances to survive. The mutual enrichment and cross-fertilization between our civilizations can extend very far into the future. We can always exchange experiences, knowledge, and the ways of thinking.

Of course, no one is immune to competition or disagreements. It is not a good reason to hinder the development of life in the universe, though.

# 2 Author Information

Dr. Dmitry A. Kukuruznyak is the director of research and development at The Animate Condensed Matter Company, where he develops non-biological lifelike materials that reproduce the function of biological neural networks. The company aims to create artificial brains that work on biological principles.
Dmitry Kukuruznyak claims that the lifelike AI is achievable in the near future. First, we will create independent animate-like agents guided by biological principles. They will gradually evolve to more intelligent forms. Eventually, they will produce a new civilization of lifelike intelligent machines that will be able to sustain itself without human involvement.

## 2.1 Explaining the lifelike materials

The lifelike materials are characterized by self-sustained collective chemical transformations. In these materials, atomic rearrangements that occur during chemical transformations interact, coordinate their actions, and create orderly collective structural rearrangements. [2]

In biological organisms, these self-induced structural rearrangements occur at all length scales, from atomic to macroscopic, performing so-called vital functions: They control the courses of chemical reactions, build new biological structures, extract nutrients from the environment, and replace used elements of the body with fresh ones.

The artificial lifelike materials have similar functionality. Although, they perform much simpler actions at a lesser number of length scales. Nevertheless, they can regenerate themselves, stimulating themselves to produce new actions. This gives rise to the ability to act on their own. [2]

## 2.2 Adaptive behavior

A living organism can function only in a suitable environment. If the ambience has an improper structure or composition, the organism cannot perform its vital functions and dies. A living organism can adapt to the minor changes in the living environment by slightly modifying its own structure.

Large multicellular animals can greatly modify their behavior without changing their overall body structure. They use a special strongly adaptive organ — the brain. It can significantly alter its structure (either temporarily or permanently) by changing links between the neurons.

## 2.3 Adaptive artificial animate materials

Our non-biological lifelike materials do not synthesize complex chemicals. They cannot build very complex structures. They cannot produce artificial living cells capable of self-replication.

However, they can perform functions similar to those of biological brains. They can adapt, solve problems and make decisions guided by biological principles. These materials would be suitable for the creation of lifelike artificial minds.

## 2.4 The evolutionary development of artificial life

For fundamental physical reasons, the operation of biological organs cannot be described using a finite number of mathematical expressions. Because of this, artificial brains

cannot be intentionally designed. They can only be developed through evolution and selective breeding, beginning with the primitive independent agents.

The evolutionary development requires the extensive use of exhaustive search methods, similar to those used for the production of genetically modified organisms. During this process, the manufacturers build a vast pool of test samples, observe their behaviors in different situations, eliminate the undesired agents and select the most suitable ones for further propagation.

The untested lifelike artificial agents must be kept in a specialized “Matrix”, in which humans play the role of Agents Smiths. We predict that in the future, a significant part of the world’s population will work as AI farmers in VR.

## The program of action

The construction of the new ecosystem of artificial forms of life is more than a scientific prediction. It is a plan of action. Presently, it is being implemented by a group of individuals, who believe that this transformation can solve many problems of human civilization.

In particular, the non-biological ecosystem should significantly diversify life on Earth, and enhance the survivability and adaptability of the existing ecosystem, for instance, in the event of a major cosmic catastrophe.

The emergence of the new kind of life can unfold naturally, without outside intervention. Alternatively, it can be brought under control, expedited or hindered. You can participate in this activity. This offer is addressed to competent individuals and organizations who is empowered to perform strategic planning and guide the development of emerging technologies.

## References

[1] D. A. Kukuruznyak, The Physics of Life. Part I: The Animate Organism as an Active Condensed Matter Body. 2017. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17637.06880. (hal-01575989).

[2] D. A. Kukuruznyak, The Animate State of Matter Hypothesis. 2020. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26025.67684. (hal-02913591).

[3] D. A. Kukuruznyak, The Physics of Life. Part II: The Neural Network as an Active Condensed Matter Body. 2017. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.14281.62561. (hal-01575993).

[4] D. A. Kukuruznyak, The Physics of Life. Part 3: The Artificial Animate Materials (2020). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19314.79048. (hal-02541236).