# Misalignment Could Compound as AI Builds Its Successors by Anthropic > “Misalignment present in today's models could compound as the models build their successors, growing more frequent but less understood until we lose control of them.” > **— Anthropic**, *When AI Builds Itself, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Timecoded episode recording:** [*The Ezra Klein Show* at 22:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ90V_JREk&t=1340s) — recording and precise locator for the source object preserved in this Reminder. - **Additional source:** [When AI Builds Itself](https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement) — primary or contemporaneous material supporting the embedded statement or report. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] — preserves broadcast order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions and the surrounding argument. - **Editorial treatment:** The poster text follows the reconciled source object without substantive alteration; spoken punctuation and transcript lineation are normalized for reading. - **Context:** Anthropic describes a failure mode in which small present-day misalignment compounds across AI-built successor generations. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **Article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Anthropic|Anthropic]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Anthropic|Anthropic]] - [[wiki/AI Misalignment|AI Misalignment]] - [[wiki/Recursive Self-Improvement|Recursive Self-Improvement]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/Loss of AI Control|Loss of AI Control]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Misalignment present in today's models could compound as the models build their successors, growing more frequent but less understood until we lose control of them.” — Anthropic, When AI Builds Itself, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-anthropic-misalignment-compound-ai-builds-successors ```