4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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The interviewer says AI shows hints of adaptive self-improvement, especially during hill-climbing toward a particular task.

Tim Scarfe · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026

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“like there's undoubtedly there's some kind of adaptive self-improvement, certainly when you're doing hill climbing towards a particular task,”
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