# AI self-improvement loops exist but may not speed up all of science

> Original title: 📈 Monday data: For science the bottleneck isn’t intelligence

- Source: Exponential View
- Published: 2026-10-26T15:25:11.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/k3tittm752n2ug1s04aa3eyil
- Original: https://www.exponentialview.co/p/monday-data-for-science-the-bottleneck

## Summary

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark says the singularity has begun, citing AI-driven research in math and coding. The article finds self-improvement so far mainly reworks an agent's surrounding code, while AI weights stay unchanged and humans still supervise. It argues that speed-ups are capped by the share of work the upgrade actually touches, a limit illustrated by an Amdahl's Law chart.
