The recursive self-improvement theory. How is it going to work?

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The article examines the feasibility of recursive self-improvement in AI given computational constraints and criticizes AI companies for prioritizing profit over societal benefits.

Recent fears regarding a self-improving AI that will eventually take hours and minutes to improve itself and create a new version, racing for superintelligence. How is this going to work in practice if such an AI demands immense computational power (physical infrastructure) that no amount of lobbying will get by securing and allocating land to data centers? AI poses serious risks but isn't this just PR from these companies, whose ultimate purpose is to make money and enrich the top at any allowed human cost, not advance some global mission (unless the CEO smokes something and adopts a grandiose delusion, which happens in the tech bro world quite often).
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