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AI already provides more than a 10x uplift on coding tasks; adding even one or two loops of experimental feedback would be a major advance.
Beren Millidge · AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement · 11 Sept 2026
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“I can kind of see that actually because like it really is just like right now it's already like definitely more than 10x of like coding stuff and so it's like if it can do even like one or two loops of like experimental feedback that would actually be massive already.”Play from 1:33:05Report a misattribution
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