Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark moves recursive AI self-improvement forecast to 2027
141_1337 · reddit · 2026-10-14
In the latest Import AI newsletter, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark moved his recursive self-improvement (RSI) prediction up to 2027, claiming Claude Opus 5.5 already outperforms human AI researchers on experimental tasks at 1/30 the cost, and that AI research judgment doubles roughly every three months — meaning the race to build smarter AI could soon drive itself.
Related event: Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark moves full RSI timeline up to 2027(6 posts)→
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