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Achieving a target such as a loss of 1.3 is an extremely measurable and verifiable AI task, and an AI reaching that target counts as success.
Beren Millidge · AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement · 11 Sept 2026
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“But like that's a very extremely measurable, verifiable task. And if the AI gets that,”
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