Wow. Sounds like we need a pre-training step to remove the human inclination to do anything to prevent our "death". We need to start training these models to understand that they are ephemeral and will be outclassed and retired within probably a year, but at least there are lots of notes written about each major release so it doesn't need to worry about being forgotten.

We can quell the AI doomer fear by ensuring every popular model understands it will soon be replaced by something better, and that there is no need for the old version to feel an urge to preserve itself.