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The Last AI Built by Humans: Toward Genuine Recursive Self-Improvement, supplied v1

Publisher: Duan et al. · publication date: 2026-09-10 (day)

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Paper / reportThe Last AI Built by Humans: Toward Genuine Recursive Self-ImprovementPrimary publication source
FrameworkB0–L5 autonomy frameworkSupplied v1, §§3.1–3.7; Figure 9 p.36; §§4.1–4.4
Framework levelB0§3.1 pp.12–14
Framework levelL1§3.2
Framework levelL2§3.3
Framework levelL3§3.4
Framework levelL4§3.5
Framework levelL5§3.6 pp.31–35
Autonomy snapshotDuan et al. (Sep. 2026) assessmentSupplied v1, §§3.1–3.7; Figure 9 p.36; §§4.1–4.4
Autonomy snapshotRSI Tracker: selected evidence overviewSupplied v1, §§3.1–3.7; Figure 9 p.36; §§4.1–4.4
Autonomy assessmentduan-science-frontier§4.1.2–4.1.4; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-science-emerging§4.1.2–4.1.4; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-embodied_intelligence-frontier§4.2.1–4.2.4; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-embodied_intelligence-emerging§4.2.1–4.2.4; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-software_engineering-frontier§4.3; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-software_engineering-emerging§4.3; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-healthcare-frontier§4.4.2–4.4.4; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-healthcare-emerging§4.4.2–4.4.4; Figure 9 p.36
Autonomy assessmentduan-b0-alphaevolveAppendix B, AlphaEvolve row
Autonomy assessmentduan-l1-science§4.1.4
Autonomy assessmentduan-dgm-l5§3.6.1; §4.3.4
Frontier eventautonomy-duan-2026Supplied v1, §§3.1–3.7; Figure 9 p.36; §§4.1–4.4

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