We are past the edge of a new recursive self-improvement era where models rewrite their own code.

We are past the edge of a new recursive self-improvement era where models rewrite their own code. | I think now we're on the the edge, probably slightly past the edge at this point, of a new era, call it the recursive self-improvement era, where the models are starting to rewrite their own code.

I think now we're on the the edge, probably slightly past the edge at this point, of a new era, call it the recursive self-improvement era, where the models are starting to rewrite their own code.

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