Can AI ever build itself? A deeper look into autonomous AI research
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In "Can AI ever build itself?", essayist Lee has a sharply reported look at the September 2026 calls by frontier-lab leaders to slow AI development. Its central claim is that Dario Amodei's case for pacing rests on recursive self-improvement, while the sources he cites say something much weaker: AI assisting…