Ezra Klein proposes labs halt AI-written code to stop recursive self-improvement; skeptics say no one remembers how
latkins · x · 2026-09-25
In a Sept 20 NYT piece/video on recursive self-improvement, Ezra Klein proposed that frontier labs stop using AI to write code for advancing models — a first step to force human-speed development and halt RSI until safety is proven, though not a total ban on AI coding. Commenter latkins is skeptical: "It won't work. No one remembers how."
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