Interviewed 25 Top AI Scientists on Recursive Self-Improvement in AI Research
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-08-13
Over the past year, the author interviewed 25 scientists from OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, Meta, and top universities. The core focus was on how AI systems could be used to automate AI research itself, a concept often called "recursive self-improvement" (RSI). The author recently published their updated takeaways from these discussions.
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