recursive self improvement

Anthropic is already using Claude to generate training data, write research code, monitor agents and assess the alignment of future Claude models, which makes the race to make AI “build itself” much less theoretical than the phrase suggests. But the central safety claim in TIME’s August 7...

Anthropic chief scientist Jared Kaplan has warned that humanity faces “the biggest decision yet”: whether to allow advanced AI systems to train their own successors — a step he says could arrive between 2027 and 2030 and usher in either a beneficial “intelligence explosion” or a loss of human...