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>[deepmind exec] said today’s enormous AI capital expenditures are not yet supported by current revenue, but argued that betting against the long-term trajectory of the technology would be a mistake. ... he noted that “the revenues from AI don’t sustain the capital expenditures we’re making so far,” while emphasizing that the early foundations of [recursive self improvement] are already emerging.

>Sekhon compared the evolution of AI to earlier industrial breakthroughs, saying, “Steam engines were used to create the next steam engine,” suggesting that today’s AI systems will increasingly be used to develop more capable successors. https://www.citybiz.co/article/883339/google-deepminds-jasje...