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Some of these advances probably could have been anticipated through sufficiently careful thought.
John Schulman · AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement · 11 Sept 2026
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“Well, I think if you think hard enough,”
“you probably could have expected some of these things beforehand.”Play from 11:33Report a misattribution
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