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AI autonomy and self-directed action might be unexpectedly difficult for AI, even though humans routinely do them.

Beren Millidge · AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement · 11 Sept 2026

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“um coming back to more of x paradox there might be like a case of more of x paradox where like we think this kind of like autonomy and sort of like being like self-encapsulated so we can you know think of what we should do ourselves and then go do it and like have this loop is like super easy because we always do this and like obviously evolution needs to create creatures that can like survive on them by themselves like long period of time and like this just might be something that for some reason it's like really hard for the ai in the same way that like locomotion stuff is really hard but it's like math is super easy despite being super”
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