AI recursive self-improvement will be fully automated by end of 2026 or 2027 at latest

AI recursive self-improvement will be fully automated by end of 2026 or 2027 at latest | every successive model uh is is built by the one before it. So that that that is happening to a large degree, but it's it's not yet fully automated. Um it may be there end of this year, but not later than next year.

every successive model uh is is built by the one before it. So that that that is happening to a large degree, but it's it's not yet fully automated. Um it may be there end of this year, but not later than next year.

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