Is autonomous AI research around the corner? Discussion on AI researcher progress gains traction
QuriousQuant · reddit · 2026-11-14
A Reddit-shared discussion video titled 'Superintelligence is next' examines progress toward autonomous AI researchers and its implications for the next generation. The poster, a PhD statistician (not an AI researcher), agrees with the thread's core claim: well-defined, verifiable research tasks should be solvable much more readily by AI first.
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