Anthropic · TechCrunch AI
Anthropic signals that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI
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While much attention has focused on the updated financials Anthropic revealed in its revised S-1/A on Monday (revenue is soaring, but so are expenses), the AI lab dropped another little bombshell in the fine print.
Key facts
- It says in the S-1 that it uses AI in its R&D, but it cautions: “Using AI to help build more capable AI could also pose a considerable safety risk, particularly if it sharply accelerates the pace
- RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities
- While much attention has focused on the updated financials Anthropic revealed in its revised S-1/A on Monday (revenue is soaring, but so are expenses), the AI lab dropped another little bombshell
- To AI enthusiasts, RSI, or some version of AI reliably using itself to improve, represents the technology’s promise, where it becomes a tool of unimaginable productivity, scientific discovery
Summary
The filing seems to warn that the company is on the cusp of creating a model capable of recursive self-improvement (RSI). RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To AI enthusiasts, RSI, or some version of AI reliably using itself to improve, represents the technology’s promise, where it becomes a tool of unimaginable productivity, scientific discovery, and more. Anthropic seems to believe that RSI is both a promise and a peril.