{"data":{"slug":"singularity","etype":"concept","name":"The Singularity & Recursive Self-Improvement","cat":"Future & AGI","subtitle":"The feedback-loop hypothesis: AI improving AI, faster each cycle.","summary":"The singularity hypothesis (Good 1965, Vinge, Kurzweil) holds that once AI can improve itself, progress compounds beyond human tracking. Its modern, tamer form is real: labs report models writing growing shares of their own code and accelerating chip design (AlphaChip), and 'automated AI research' is an explicit goal at several labs. Critics answer that physical bottlenecks — the fabs, power plants and packaging lines in this database — put a speed limit on any software-only explosion.","attrs":null,"kf":null,"aliases":["intelligence explosion","recursive self-improvement","takeoff"],"ticker":null,"exchange":null,"hq":null,"founded":null,"website":null,"status":null,"region":null,"asof":"2026-01-15","sources":[{"url":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065245808604180","label":"Good (1965) — speculations on ultraintelligence"}]},"meta":{"found":true,"count":1,"served_from":"site cache (no live upstream calls)","as_of":"2026-10-14T05:22:55+00:00","disclaimer":"Research and information only — not investment advice. Structured records carry basis labels (vendor spec / reported / estimate); market quotes are delayed/indicative.","attribution":"Records compiled from vendor documentation, official filings and reputable public reporting; market quotes via financial data providers. See /data-sources."}}