goodside: AI may stay widely hated until recursive self-improvement begins, with labs quietly doing more
goodside · x · 2026-09-25
Prompt engineer goodside observes that AI is on track to remain widely hated well into the era of recursive self-improvement, which he finds makes the whole thing more interesting. He adds that a lot is happening quietly inside labs, and "probably not good" — a practitioner's take on the gap between public sentiment and internal lab progress.
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