"The last invention that man need ever make": The risk of self-improving AI

The transition toward autonomous self-optimization poses a critical threat to human-centric AI control.

Of the various ways experts fear AI could kill us all, one is slowly moving closer to reality: AI learning to make itself unstoppable.Why it matters: Recursive Self Improvement, the ability of an AI model to build better versions of itself without human guidance, could make incre...

Axios2026-09-22