Opus 5.5 Release Gives Slight Edge to Recursive Self-Improvement Camp in AI Safety Debate
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-28
The author argues the Opus 5.5 release lends a bit more credence to the "recursive self-improvement" side of the AI safety debate, though its conclusions remain tempered by unfalsifiable eschatology.
He adds that the debate carries unresolved conflicts of interest: the camp in question won't examine its own blind spots because doing so would threaten its stock holdings, not to mention its IPO prospects.
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