# AI Systems Can Build Successive Generations While People Remain Involved by OpenAI > “Automated AI research can involve varying degrees of human supervision. As AI systems take on more of the work of developing successive generations of AI, they can increasingly drive a process of recursive self-improvement (RSI), even while people remain involved. As this process becomes more automated, the pace of AI progress could accelerate rapidly.” > **— OpenAI**, *“Building Standards for the Next Phase of AI,” September 21, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Primary source:** [OpenAI, “Building Standards for the Next Phase of AI”](https://openai.com/index/building-standards-next-phase-ai/) — verifies the wording, attribution and immediate source setting. - **Interpretive context:** The source names the transfer of development work precisely: AI systems increasingly contribute to the construction of successive AI generations while human supervision may remain present in varying degrees. OpenAI’s stated operational priority is to build an automated AI researcher while finding ways for people to remain part of that self-improvement loop. - **Editorial treatment:** The three consecutive sentences from the RSI section are reproduced without insertion or omission. The separate “automated AI researcher” priority is preserved here as context rather than spliced into the quotation. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Recursive Self-Improvement|Recursive Self-Improvement]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/OpenAI|OpenAI]] - [[wiki/Automated AI Researcher|Automated AI Researcher]] - [[wiki/Recursive Self-Improvement|Recursive Self-Improvement]] - [[wiki/Human Agency|Human Agency]] - [[wiki/Superintelligence|Superintelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Automated AI research can involve varying degrees of human supervision. As AI systems take on more of the work of developing successive generations of AI, they can increasingly drive a process of recursive self-improvement (RSI), even while people remain involved. As this process becomes more automated, the pace of AI progress could accelerate rapidly.” — OpenAI, “Building Standards for the Next Phase of AI,” September 21, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-openai-ai-build-successive-generations-people-involved ```