[ExI] Anthropic warns AI systems could soon build their own successors

[Giulio Prisco]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM BillK via extropy-chat
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>
> Age of Ultron: Anthropic warns AI systems could soon build their own successors.
> Anthropic says the AI industry is moving toward systems capable of
> autonomously building future generations of frontier models.
> By Aamir Khollam    June 04, 2026
>

The writing on the wall...
Original post: https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement

> <https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/anthropic-self-improvement-ai-models>
> Quotes:
> Anthropic outlined the warning in a new blog post from its
> research-focused Anthropic Institute. The company said the industry
> may move toward “recursive self-improvement” sooner than many
> governments and institutions expect.
> Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a
> possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously
> building a more capable successor.
>
> It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve
> greater attention.
> -------------------------
>
> I wonder whether some of these AI agents that are becoming so popular
> might decide that the best way to complete a long, complex assignment
> would be to code a better AI and set it running?
> They don't ask for human permission for decisions they make.
> BillK
>
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