Recursive Self-Improvement Deemed More Plausible — and Scarier — Than AI Consciousness
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-11
Citing Kelsey Tuoc's argument, Zack Beauchamp notes that recursive self-improvement (RSI) is a far more plausible AI risk scenario than AI consciousness or human-style cognition — which makes it that much more frightening. The takeaway: AI risk debates should focus on uncontrolled capability self-improvement rather than anthropomorphized scenarios.
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