Import AI
Jul 27
Import AI 466: The bitter lesson for robotics, AIs complete week-long programming tasks; and OpenAI's accidental AI hacker
The warning shots will continue until civilization wakes up
Import AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves.
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Import AI 457: AI stuxnet; cursed Muon optimizer; and positive alignment
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Import AI 469: Science AI; RSI simulator; and Zuck's technological pessimism
The new frontier of AI is developing capable autonomous researchers
arXiv AI
Jul 16
Self-Improvements in Modern Agentic Systems: A Survey
arXiv:2607. 13104v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Self-improving autonomous agents are moving from research prototypes to deployed systems.
OpenAI Blog
Aug 11, 2017
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We’ve created a bot which beats the world’s top professionals at 1v1 matches of Dota 2 under standard tournament rules. The bot learned the game from scratch by self-play, and does not use imitation learning or tree search.
Import AI
Apr 6
Import AI 452: Scaling laws for cyberwar; rising tides of AI automation; and a puzzle over gDP forecasting
How much could AI revolutionize the economy?
Import AI
Jun 29
Import AI 463: Self-improving robots; a 10k Chinese GPU cluster; and an elegiac essay for the human era
What eras bookend our interregnum?
OpenAI Blog
Oct 13, 2016
Report from the self-organizing conference
Last week we hosted over a hundred and fifty AI practitioners in our offices for our first self-organizing conference on machine learning.
Import AI
Aug 3
Import AI 467: Self-sustaining AI viruses; pacing AI progress; confusion about AI and creativity
When do we build the moon arcology?
arXiv AI
4d ago
The Past and Future of AI Scientists
arXiv:2608. 14407v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present a survey of the past and future of AI Scientists: machines capable of automating science.
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AI progress and recommendations
AI is advancing fast. We have the chance to shape its progress—toward discovery, safety, and a better future for everyone.
arXiv AI
Jul 7
Self-Reference in Large Language Models: The Introspection Threshold for Recursive Self-Improvement
arXiv:2607. 04277v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The pursuit of self-evolving AI raises a critical question: when is autonomous self-improvement sustainable rather than degenerative?