https://jamesm.blog/tags/superintelligence/ Recent content in Superintelligence on jamesm.blog https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png Hugo en Wed, 20 May 2026 21:41:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/ai/recursive-self-improvement/ Wed, 20 May 2026 21:41:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/ai/recursive-self-improvement/ Recursive self-improvement is the idea that an AI could rewrite itself into something smarter, then repeat - the engine behind every intelligence-explosion scenario. Here is what the theory actually claims, which pieces are already real in 2026, the bottlenecks that decide whether it runs away or fizzles, and why the honest answer is partly, slowly, and not the way the science fiction tells it.