Anthropic co-founder Clark moves self-improving AI forecast forward to 2027
What happened
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark had previously predicted that recursive self-improvement (RSI) could emerge in 2028. On 25 October 2026, The Decoder reported that Clark had moved the forecast forward from 2028 to 2027, citing progress on benchmarks such as TasteVal. The development so far is limited to the revised forecast; the report does not mention that the technology has been achieved or give specific verification details.
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- The DecoderAnthropic co-founder Jack Clark moves his prediction for self-improving AI forward to 2027
A new benchmark by P-Zero Research measures how well AI models design and evaluate experiments on their own. The results are improving so fast that Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark now thinks self-improving AI could arrive by 2027.
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