Hassabis: recursive self-improvement is 'very dangerous' path to alien AGI
Dr_Atoosa · x · 2026-11-08
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says closed-loop recursive self-improvement is a 'very dangerous' way to reach AGI, that the end result will be an 'alien intelligence,' and that researchers should proceed with caution — while acknowledging the intense competitive race to improve coding systems.
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