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Distilling only existing trajectories cannot produce performance beyond the capabilities represented in those trajectories.
Beren Millidge · AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement · 11 Sept 2026
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“I mean the one thing I will say though is like obviously if you're just distilling on like trajectories you can never go above it but environments can go quite a far way above what a human can do like it's very easy to design an environment that like no human can.”Play from 31:00Report a misattribution
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