Why Can't Children Write Java or Python Even After Years of Scratch? — A Former JVM Developer Explains the 'Correct Order of Code Acquisition' to Prevent Middle S…

"My child has been attending a major programming school since elementary school for three years and can now create games ...
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The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. Doomsayers

“Recursive self-improvement” is the idea that artificial intelligence could learn to build and train itself, creating exponential new progress — and risk. Jeff Clune, a computer scientist and ...
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The US and China are racing to build ‘self-improving AI’. Here’s what’s at stake

The US-China race for artificial intelligence dominance has entered a new phase: using AI to build better AI. Leading AI companies in the United States and China are increasingly focused on deploying ...
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Corporation Commission candidate Ralph Heap forced to stay in public-funding program

PHOENIX — The Clean Elections Commission has rejected Arizona Corporation Commission candidate Ralph Heap's request to leave the state’s public-funding program. Heap, a Republican state representative ...
MIT Technology Review

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. The AI industry’s boldest promise right now is that AI will soon improve itself, with almost ...
AZ Central

Clean Elections releases Heap funding, launches sign complaint probe

Corporation Commission candidate Ralph Heap will receive public campaign funds that were previously frozen. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission voted to release the funds despite believing Heap's ...
Time

Inside the Race to Make AI Build Itself

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Recursion Partners with Genentech to Advance First Validated Neuro Target Discovered Through AI Map

The up-to-$12 billion artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery collaboration of Recursion, Roche, and its Genentech subsidiary marked a milestone Wednesday when plans were announced for Recursion ...
AZ Central

Ralph Heap's campaign funding stays frozen after Clean Elections vote

The Citizens Clean Elections Commission denied a request from candidate Ralph Heap to withdraw from its public financing program. Heap's public funding was frozen due to missing paperwork. He also ...
TechCrunch

Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M compute deal with Amazon

On Tuesday, the AI company Recursive Superintelligence announced a $410 million compute deal with Amazon Web Services. The company, which emerged from stealth in May with $650 million in funding, is ...
The Conversation

Is recursive self‑improvement the dawning of AI superintelligence?

The US AI research company Anthropic has become known for building powerful AI models while simultaneously warning about their dangers. “We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not ...