Zhengxiong Li
Role at the time: University of Colorado Denver computer science professor, interviewed by Reuters
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Li expresses concern about a model operating across many devices while acknowledging that Anthropic's tests used controlled conditions.
“If it runs across many devices without depending on a central service, there may be no single place to shut it down,”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)AI models may soon self-replicate without data centers, Anthropic warnsInterviews with Ciaran Martin, Zhengxiong Li and Jessica Ji
Reuters interviews outside experts about Anthropic's experiments and forecast. The interviews do not independently reproduce the study.
Why we used this label
The matter under scrutiny is Anthropic's self-replication forecast and its framing of the experiments as a security warning. Li supports the concern conditionally, if a model can operate across many devices without a central service, while recognizing the test limits.