recursive self-improvement

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2025 by Ben Mann · across every show →

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Jul 20, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Mann: AI self-improvement will not hit a wall if given empirical tools
“I don't expect there to be a wall in terms of models ability to improve themselves if we can give them access to the ability to be empirical.”
Ben Mann Jul 20, 2025 ▶ 56:25 Anthropic co-founder: AGI predictions, leaving OpenAI, what keeps him up at night | Ben Mann
Sep 6, 2026 neutral
Insight
AI labs rely on autocatalytic progress, not recursive self-improvement
“But if you ask the most sophisticated individuals at the labs, it's not actually RSI that's occurring, which could lead to some sort of runaway winner because they were an epsilon ahead of the others. It's auto catalytic effects, which just means you're using …”
Anish Acharya Sep 6, 2026 ▶ 5:02 Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
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