The idea of an intelligence explosion caused by recursive self improvement has been around for a long time but until very recently it did not seem imminent. Now many leading researchers think it may happen quite soon. You can read our paper about it here:
https://casp.ac/reports/intelligence-explosion
Hinton and Researchers Warn Intelligence Explosion May Arrive Soon
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Geoffrey Hinton says many leading researchers now think an intelligence explosion driven by recursive self-improvement may happen quite soon, though the idea was long considered distant. He points readers to a paper on the topic from the CASP report at casp.ac.
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