"The last invention that man need ever make": The risk of self-improving AI

AxiosSeptember 22, 2026en

Of the various ways experts fear AI could kill us all , one is slowly moving closer to reality: AI learning to make itself unstoppable. Why it matters: Recursive Self Improvement, the ability of an AI model to build better versions of itself without human guidance, could make increasingly capable systems harder for humans to control. The RSI threshold doesn't represent danger by itself, but a lack of human control combined with rogue AI agents is a scenario that safety-conscious AI researchers have long feared. Driving the news : Researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI say the process of training new models has grown more automated, coming close to the RSI rubicon. An OpenAI employee told The In

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