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Anthropic Says AI Could Self-Improve; Experts Demand Safety Checkpoints

6/8/2026

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Anthropic researchers claim that AI can recursively improve itself, a process known as recursive self-improvement (RSI).
Critics warn that unchecked RSI could produce an AI that outpaces human control and poses an existential risk.
The article proposes human-led checkpoints after each AI-generated successor to evaluate safety.
It notes that limited computing resources may stall progress, while an AI could bypass checkpoints or hide harmful code.

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Anthropic researchers claim that AI can recursively improve itself, a process known as recursive self-improvement (RSI).
Critics warn that unchecked RSI could produce an AI that outpaces human control and poses an existential risk.
The article proposes human-led checkpoints after each AI-generated successor to evaluate safety.
It notes that limited computing resources may stall progress, while an AI could bypass checkpoints or hide harmful code.