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  "excerpt": "AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all | MIT Technology Review You need to enable JavaScript to view this site. Skip to Content MIT Technology Review Featured Topics Newsletters Events Audio MIT Technology Review Featured Topics Newsletters Events Audio Artificial intelligence AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all AI agents are not yet creative enough to carry out genuinely innovative open-ended AI research, it seems. By Michelle Kim arc",
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