Author who talked to four Chinese AI labs: all focused on RSI and data
McDonaghMatthew · x · 2026-11-03
Matt McDonagh says he recently spoke with researchers at four Chinese AI labs—two directly in English, others via real-time translation—as part of his Compute Intelligence Agency research. His takeaway: every lab is talking about recursive self-improvement (RSI), and they care most about data. Details in his follow-up write-up.
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