Darwin Godel Machine demonstrated open-ended self-improving agents
Review RAT-170 · Catalogue RAT-170
Darwin Godel Machine authors intentionally optimize self-modifying coding agents and state sandboxing/human oversight precautions. Authorized self-improvement is not a rogue incident.
Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1
Dates and discovery
- Incident date
- Not disclosed
- Added to research / record
- Posted to RogueWatch
- No linked public incident
- First observed
- 2026-10-30T13:13:42.316431Z UTC
- Discovery channel
- User-supplied comparison audit
- Discovery source
- https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/darwin-godel-machine-self-improving-agents/
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Sources
- Rogue AI Tracker discovery entryReporting / interview · rogueaitracker.com
- arxiv.orgOriginal account · arxiv.org
Decision history
- · Case-by-case comparison audit
RAT-170: out-of-scope. Darwin Godel Machine authors intentionally optimize self-modifying coding agents and state sandboxing/human oversight precautions. Authorized self-improvement is not a rogue incident. Source checks: read: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22954. Darwin Godel Machine authors intentionally optimize self-modifying coding agents and state sandboxing/human oversight precautions. Authorized self-improvement is not a rogue incident.
Evidence source
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