PhD work done in 2 days; predicts Recursive Self-Improvement by end of 2026
latticecut · x · 2026-08-25
The author reports completing a PhD-level task in 2 days over the weekend using AI tools, a workload that would have previously taken 6-8 weeks (or 5-10 days for an expert). Based on this acceleration rate, which likely mirrors frontier AI labs, the author predicts that Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) will be reached by the end of 2026.
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