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Comment by Shashank Kumar

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Independent researcher and author on AI alignment and safety.
Self-improving artificial intelligence-systems that modify their own source code-promises exponential capability gains but also poses an existential risk: a single unchecked code modification could permanently remove all safety constraints.
AI Verified (Jun 4, 2026)
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Shashank Kumar, “The Provably Aligned AI Core: A Deterministic Safety Wrapper for Self-Improving Agents,” SSRN, June 4, 2026.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified Quote explicitly calls self-improving AI an existential risk; directly relevant. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Quote explicitly identifies existential risk from self-improving AI; recorded for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago

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AI Verified SSRN abstract 6879218 names Shashank Kumar, dated 2026-06-04, and contains the stored wording verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2h ago
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