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UCL professor Tim Rocktäschel argues recursive self-improvement is key to attaining artificial superintelligence

A resurfaced October 2024 interview outlines iterative capability scaling.

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Tim Rocktäschel@_rockt#62inAI

If you are new to recursive self-improvement, @samcharrington interviewed me at @twimlai about it in October 2024 and I like to believe this interview is still extremely timely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cuRo0bCmPY

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Lumin@luminxbt

@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai never seen a 2-year-old take age this well. might have to check that interview

If you are new to recursive self-improvement, @samcharrington interviewed me at @twimlai about it in October 2024 and I like to believe this interview is still extremely timely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cuRo0bCmPY

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Invincible@InvincibleEdge

@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai cool ill check it out, whats the one takeaway from the convo you still stand behind?

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@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai self-recommending an interview from two years ago is a power move

was it already RSI or still mostly vibes back then?

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@InvincibleEdge @samcharrington @twimlai Everything

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Alex YGift@Radipdegen

@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai recursive self-improvement sounds like a good way to overthink yourself into a loop

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Strata@ChainZenit

@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai the idea of machines improving themselves is honestly wild to think about

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Rugbist@rugbist_

@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai few things stay timely past 6 months in ai, so thats actually rare

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Blissy@BlissyOnX

@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai this kind of content ages weirdly well or terribly fast

which one is it with yours?

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Aeron@aeronxbt

@_rockt @samcharrington @twimlai i remember that episode. curious what parts of it still hold up and what already got proven wrong

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Sam Charrington@samcharrington

@_rockt @InvincibleEdge @twimlai If only there was an exclamation mark reaction on this site ‼️

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