AI Video: AI Improves at Self-improving

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AlphaEvolve is not the first system to exhibit self-improvement, but it may be the most impressive yet. AI is literally improving the hardware, architectures, data and training methods of AI itself. A deep dive into the paper, drawing on two previous interviews and 5 other papers. Plus a snippet on OpenAI’s new Codex system.



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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

00:27 - AlphaEvolve

05:23 - Limitation

06:10 - Achievements

08:21 - Future Improvements

13:30 - Quirks

16:34 - Final Thoughts



AlphaEvolve release: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphaevolve-a-gemini-powered-coding-agent-for-designing-advanced-algorithms/



Paper: https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/DeepMind.com/Blog/alphaevolve-a-gemini-powered-coding-agent-for-designing-advanced-algorithms/AlphaEvolve.pdf



Terence Tao Quote: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114508029896631083



Nature Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05172-4

MIT Article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/14/1116438/google-deepminds-new-ai-uses-large-language-models-to-crack-real-world-problems/

AI Co-Scientist: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18864



OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/index/introducing-codex/





70% of Pull Requests: https://x.com/slow_developer/status/1920920456393028027



Amodei Essay: https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/machines-of-loving-grace



OpenAI Jason Wei Tweet: https://x.com/_jasonwei/status/1923091260354531612



PromptBreeder: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.16797

DrEureka: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.01967



FT DeepMind: https://www.ft.com/content/4e497a91-670a-4f69-be4a-18e247daba3e







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