METR says AI systems are now feeding back into AI research

An assessment from the evaluation group METR finds AI is contributing to the development of more capable AI.

METR, an organization that evaluates AI systems, has published an assessment concluding that AI is playing a part in building better AI. The specifics of how large that contribution is, or how it was measured, are not something we can state here.

Why it matters for knowledge: if AI tools speed up the work of improving AI, capable systems could arrive faster and get cheaper to run. That would widen access to tutoring, research help and expertise for people who now lack them. The size of that effect is still unknown, and a feedback loop in development also raises questions about oversight that independent evaluators like METR exist to track.

The full account sits with the source.

Source: Google News