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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 3 Feb 2025 to 27 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about recursive self-improvement.

Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under AGI AGI Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic 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: Coding agents already do coarse-grained recursive self-improvement, because every use rewrites their instruction files and their long-term memory. Coding agents already do coarse-grainedrecursive self-improvement, because everyuse rewrites 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: 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: AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate. — tap to centre the map on it AI takeover is not the thing toworry about: physical constraintsbound recursive self-improvement,and humans reliably act once a riskbecomes immediate. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 NL Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — 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 coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it A coding-agent company should nottrain its own model: it has to stayneutral ground for models to competeon. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A developer using AI coding tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship. — tap to centre the map on it A developer using AI coding toolsremains responsible for reviewingthe code they ship. Last stated 7 months ago 10 Mar 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A software engineer who is not using a tool like Cursor is working at half productivity or worse. — tap to centre the map on it A software engineer who is not usinga tool like Cursor is working athalf productivity or worse. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 BT Bret Taylor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI coding agents work best with the same general-purpose tools built for humans, such as git and file utilities, rather than agent-specific interfaces. — tap to centre the map on it AI coding agents work best with thesame general-purpose tools built forhumans, such as git and fileutilities, rather thanagent-specific interfaces. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 HR Harper Reed — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents working locally can be far more powerful than any private walled garden that exists out there in the cloud. — tap to centre the map on it Agents working locally can be farmore powerful than any privatewalled garden that exists out therein the cloud. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 MT Meng To — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI coding assistance now lets a programmer complete in a day work that used to take weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI coding assistance now lets aprogrammer complete in a day workthat used to take weeks. Last stated 6 months ago 26 Apr 2026 CW Chris Wellons — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI has changed software development enough that some old assumptions about it no longer hold. — tap to centre the map on it AI has changed software developmentenough that some old assumptionsabout it no longer hold. Last stated 9 months ago 15 Jan 2026 SK Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-01-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Coding agents already do coarse-grained recursive self-improvement, because every use rewrites their instruction files and their long-term memory. Last stated 26 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Jensen Huang Read this korrent →