SMRTR AISep 13, 2026Hacker News

AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement

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Top AI researchers debated whether recursive self-improvement will trigger a rapid intelligence explosion or hit technical walls. The key divide: AIs may excel at optimizing clear objectives but struggle to define new ones, a task researchers say humans must keep. Timelines for fully automated cognitive work ranged from 3 to 10 years.

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