DeepMind Pushes Recursive Self-Improvement Despite Hassabis's Concerns
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-08-14
According to Reuters, Sergey Brin is pushing DeepMind internally towards recursive self improvement.
Demis Hassabis is noted as the only frontier AI CEO who has publicly expressed misgivings about recursive self improvement, while admitting that all major labs are actively pursuing it.
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