# Recursive Self-Improvement Begins When AI Builds Better AI by Vishal Maini > "Recursive self-improvement means using AI agents to conduct AI research, closing the loop in both AI-software and AI-hardware design. The idea goes back a long way. In 1965, I. J. Good wrote about the possibility of an intelligence explosion and said that an ultraintelligent machine might be the last invention humanity ever needs to make. The reason is that, when we train AI systems that can conduct AI research, we close the loop and reach the point where AI builds better AI." > **— Vishal Maini**, *Palisade Research interview, September 29, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and complete contiguous answer:** [Palisade Research interview at 10:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S_Ay87dEy0&t=641s) — Maini develops the proposition preserved in the poster text. The transcription removes verbal filler and immediate repetition, repairs punctuation, and normalizes obvious caption errors without joining separate speakers or noncontiguous turns. - **Canonical transcript conversion:** [[research/Vishal Maini - Humanity's Machine Successor and the AI Transition|Humanity's Machine Successor — Vishal Maini on Recursive Self-Improvement and the AI Transition]] — preserves the complete source unit, speaker attribution, editorial method, and evidence boundary used for this Reminder. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Vishal Maini|Vishal Maini]] - [[wiki/Recursive Self-Improvement|Recursive Self-Improvement]] - [[wiki/Intelligence Explosion|Intelligence Explosion]] - [[wiki/I. J. Good|I. J. Good]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Recursive self-improvement means using AI agents to conduct AI research, closing the loop in both AI-software and AI-hardware design. The idea goes back a long way. In 1965, I. J. Good wrote about the possibility of an intelligence explosion and said that an ultraintelligent machine might be the last invention humanity ever needs to make. The reason is that, when we train AI systems that can conduct AI research, we close the loop and reach the point where AI builds better AI." — Vishal Maini, Palisade Research interview, September 29, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-vishal-maini-ai-builds-better-ai ```