Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

Chinese researchers from institutions including ByteDance, Tsinghua University, and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have published a joint paper outlining a five-stage roadmap for recursive self-improvement (RSI) in AI. This research, titled "The Last AI Built by Humans: Toward Genuine Recursive Self-Improvement," details a plan for developing AI systems that can autonomously enhance themselves without human intervention. The initiative signifies a new focus in the AI race with the US, aiming to automate the complex processes of training, evaluating, and fine-tuning AI models. This development highlights a growing industry effort to create AI capable of self-evolution.