15-minute video explainer of the METR report on recursive AI self-improvement
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-13
NY assemblymember Alex Bores shares what he calls the best explanation of the METR evals report that has alarmed many AI experts. In the 15-minute video, Luisa (from Chana Messinger's team) breaks down the core finding: AI companies are using their AIs to build better AIs, and this appears to be accelerating faster than experts anticipated — raising concerns that recursive self-improvement could outpace our ability to regulate or control it.
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