Import AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves.

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The first step towards recursive self improvement

Import AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves. The first step towards recursive self improvement Jack Clark May 04, 2026 329 55 64 Share Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe AI systems are about to start building themselves. What does that mean? I’m writing this post because when I look at all the publicly available information I reluctantly come to the view that there’s a likely chance (60%+) that no-human-involved AI R&D - an AI system powerful eno

Import AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves.

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