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A major challenge is determining the appropriate reward function from natural data.
John Schulman · AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement · 11 Sept 2026
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“Yeah, I think your biggest problem is actually just not knowing what the reward function should be from natural data.”Play from 45:08Report a misattribution
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