What Ezra Klein has said about Recursive self-improvement
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 7, 2026
Ezra Klein, New York Times Opinion columnist and host of The Ezra Klein Show (diarization also merged one PopCast promo line into this label), has been quoted on Recursive self-improvement once in 1 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on October 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Klein describes his proposal to ban recursive self-improvement until it can be shown to be safe.
“let's not do recursive self-improvement until we're sure it's safe. Let's just ban it and begin to carve out exceptions as we know the exceptions are safe”
The Ezra Klein Show: ‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit. (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 55:04
Episodes
‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 7, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Ezra Klein interviews former OpenAI safety writer David Robinson about why he quit, arguing the AI industry lacks the safety culture its increasingly dangerous models demand.
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