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A loop in which AI autonomously chooses the data and training constitutes recursive self-improvement.
Beren Millidge · AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement · 11 Sept 2026
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“Yeah, I mean like ultimately like if you have this like fully automated loop that is basically our side right like the AI deciding the data it's deciding the training that that is the loop but yeah I mean like it depends how much human information you need like at some point if you're just like I want traces that look like this you prompt that to the model the model will be able to like come up with like a pretty good approximation.”Play from 22:23Report a misattribution
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