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AI researchers discuss recursive self-improvement and Chinese labs on podcast

AI researchers John Schulman, Beren Millidge, and Charlie O'Neill participated in a Q&A session on the Dwarkesh Podcast. The discussion covered topics including steelmanning the case against recursive self-improvement (RSI), the progress of Chinese AI labs, and long-horizon reinforcement learning.

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AI researchers discuss recursive self-improvement and Chinese labs on podcast: AI researchers John Schulman, Beren Millidge, and Charlie O'Neill participated in a Q&A session on the Dwarkesh Podcast. The discussion covered topics including steelmanning the case against recursive self-improvement (RSI), the progress of Chinese AI labs, and long-horizon reinforcement learning.