Mollick: OpenAI and Anthropic Hint Recursive Self-Improvement Has Begun

Ethan Mollick notes both Anthropic and OpenAI made their clearest statements yet that some form of recursive self-improvement (RSI) has been achieved, though early-stage; he cautions RSI fears may be overblown given possible hard limits in compute, architecture, and AI-driven research itself.

2026-09-13 ~ 2026-09-13 · 3 related posts

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