Fears about AI automating industries—and its own development
A user argues that Claude Code, Google Genie and video-generation tools are disrupting businesses, and relays claims that AI is helping build itself.
TLDR
In a February 4, 2026 post, a user connects concerns about AI replacing software and creative work with claims about AI automating its own development. The post attributes “codex is now building itself, we just supervise” to OpenAI’s Codex lead and claims Anthropic has said Claude self-improves. The user predicts that compute, energy and silicon chips will determine the acceleration of human and artificial cognition.