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title: "AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all"
date: 2026-08-18
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description: "Forecasts of explosive AI progress predict that what researchers call recursive self-improvement is on the horizon.  But a new study suggests that it might take a while for us to get there. The ..."
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# AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all

Forecasts of explosive AI progress predict that what researchers call recursive self-improvement is on the horizon.  But a new study suggests that it might take a while for us to get there. The ...

*Published: 2026-08-18*