AI Founder Reflection: Safe RSI is Impossible Outside of Major Labs
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-08-07
An AI safety startup founder shared profound reflections on the race towards Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI). They investigated in 2024/2025 whether startups could safely conduct RSI amidst the intense arms race.
Their conclusion was negative: recent mishaps during training prove that the critical alignment points lie entirely within the internal deployment cycles of major labs. Consequently, safety work done by startups outside these labs is largely irrelevant for solving core misalignment, leading the founder to abandon their startup efforts.
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