Chinese researchers publish roadmap toward recursive self-improvement, 'The Last AI Built by Humans'
kimmonismus · x · 2026-09-14
As US frontier labs debate slowing AI development, researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong, Theseus Labs, Tsinghua, ByteDance and others have published 'The Last AI Built by Humans', a roadmap toward recursive self-improvement.
- Maps five stages, from executing improvements to changing the process that produces future improvements
- Authors stress it's a research roadmap with preliminary evidence, not a working system anyone can download
- The ambition: AI that gets better at making itself better
The author's takeaway: the coordination problem is now in plain view — US labs can slow down, but cannot assume everyone else will follow.
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