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17 connected korrents · 20 moments from 3 Oct 2012 to 27 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about recursive self-improvement.

Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under world models world models Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate. AI takeover is not the thing to worryabout: physical constraints boundrecursive self-improvement, and humansreliably act once a risk becomesimmediate. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is already inside the recursive self-improvement loop — what the labs have shipped in recent weeks shows the cycle has started. — tap to centre the map on it AI is already inside the recursiveself-improvement loop — what thelabs have shipped in recent weeksshows the cycle has started. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 CP Chamath Palihapitiya — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding agents already do coarse-grained recursive self-improvement, because every use rewrites their instruction files and their long-term memory. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents already docoarse-grained recursiveself-improvement, because every userewrites their instruction files andtheir long-term memory. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training material and start the recursive self-improvement loop. — tap to centre the map on it Coding is not just anotherapplication domain for AI; it is themeta-skill that lets AI generate itsown training material and start therecursive self-improvement loop. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human parity on discovery benchmarks like DiG-bench will be reached by mid-2027, marking the point where recursive self-improvement in AI seriously kicks off. — tap to centre the map on it Human parity on discovery benchmarkslike DiG-bench will be reached bymid-2027, marking the point whererecursive self-improvement in AIseriously kicks off. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Internal models at Anthropic and OpenAI are improving even faster than AI overall, with early recursive self-improvement beginning over the summer. — tap to centre the map on it Internal models at Anthropic andOpenAI are improving even fasterthan AI overall, with earlyrecursive self-improvement beginningover the summer. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Recursive self-improvement (RSI) may not lead to runaway superintelligence without a major conceptual breakthrough. — tap to centre the map on it Recursive self-improvement (RSI) maynot lead to runawaysuperintelligence without a majorconceptual breakthrough. Last stated 4 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated. — tap to centre the map on it Recursive self-improvement hasalready started, because AI researchitself is now being automated. Last stated a month ago 13 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are JL Jan Leike — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Recursive self-improvement in AI will mainly make existing model capability cheaper rather than raise peak intelligence. — tap to centre the map on it Recursive self-improvement in AIwill mainly make existing modelcapability cheaper rather than raisepeak intelligence. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proposal to pace frontier AI development is unrealistic and mainly serves political control of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A proposal to pace frontier AIdevelopment is unrealistic andmainly serves political control ofAI. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 BT Ben Thompson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adapting over time is a workable answer to humans misusing AI and no answer at all to losing control of systems smarter than us. — tap to centre the map on it Adapting over time is a workableanswer to humans misusing AI and noanswer at all to losing control ofsystems smarter than us. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Apr 2025 HT Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advanced AI is close enough that the preparations which take years have to be started now, whichever end of the expert range you believe. — tap to centre the map on it Advanced AI is close enough that thepreparations which take years haveto be started now, whichever end ofthe expert range you believe. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Apr 2025 HT Helen Toner — holds since 2025-04-01 — tap for who they are MB Miles Brundage — holds since 2024-12-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. — tap to centre the map on it A true artificial generalintelligence cannot exist withoutbeing recognized as a moral subject. Last stated a year ago 10 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. — tap to centre the map on it AGI research made no progress in itsfirst six decades. Last stated 14 years ago 3 Oct 2012 DD David Deutsch — holds since 2012-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI that cannot work out new physics has not equalled human intelligence, let alone surpassed it, because humans have worked out new physics. — tap to centre the map on it An AI that cannot work out newphysics has not equalled humanintelligence, let alone surpassedit, because humans have worked outnew physics. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate. Last stated 3 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago Holds Nathan Lambert Read this korrent →