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Google engineer says self-improving AI isn't close, 88% of changes need human oversight

Google engineer Haydn Belfield said self-improving AI isn't close, with no measurable AI-driven acceleration in research at DeepMind. AI writes >75% of production code, but 88% of changes need human oversight; Google's in-house General Capability Index shows steady growth with no sudden speedup.

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Google engineer says self-improving AI isn't close, 88% of changes need human oversight: Google engineer Haydn Belfield said self-improving AI isn't close, with no measurable AI-driven acceleration in research at DeepMind. AI writes >75% of production code, but 88% of changes need human oversight; Google's in-house General Capability Index shows steady growth with no sudden speedup.