Ben Lorica: First Wave of Self-Improving AI Brings Cheaper, Not Smarter, Systems

Ben Lorica argues that recursive self-improvement is still far off, while automated improvement within harnesses arrives sooner, and the first dividend of self-improving AI will be lower costs rather than greater intelligence.

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