I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You
These days, the frontier AI labs are all racing to build self-improving models. Some believe it’s the surest route to superintelligence—as AI improves itself in a mind-melting loop, the thinking goes, it will eventually surpass human comprehension (and perhaps even control).
That’s all well and good, but I have a newsletter to produce. I wondered if recursive self-improvement might also be useful for me. Could I use AI to train and continually improve a model that automates some of this newsletter’s busywork?
After a week or so of experimenting, the answer appears to be a resounding—and surprising—hell yes. What’s more, dabbling with self-improving models shows a different vision for how AI might unfold—one that doesn’t center on a handful of companies that control the whole industry.
I started by trying out a simple self-improving loop
To get my feet wet, I experimented with training a small language model...
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