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Jeff Clune

@jeffclune.com

Professor, Computer Science, University of British Columbia. CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute. Senior Advisor, DeepMind. ML, AI, deep RL, deep learning, AI-Generating Algorithms (AI-GAs), open-endedness.

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Aaron Dharna@aadharna.bsky.social · last yr.

For all the details, please give the paper a read! Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.06466 Infinite thanks to @jeffclune.com and @cong-ml.bsky.social for all their guidance!

Foundation Model Self-Play: Open-Ended Strategy Innovation via Foundation Models

Multi-agent interactions have long fueled innovation, from natural predator-prey dynamics to the space race. Self-play (SP) algorithms try to harness these dynamics by pitting agents against ever-impr...

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UBC Computer Science@cs.ubc.ca · 12mo ago

Read this article on how AI is contributing to its own development, featuring UBC Computer Science Professor @jeffclune.com!

MIT Technology Review@technologyreview.com · 12mo ago

The possibility of self-improvement distinguishes AI from other revolutionary technologies. But LLMs can optimize the computer chips they run on, train other LLMs cheaply and efficiently, and perhaps even come up with original ideas for AI research. And they’ve already made progress. trib.al/YbuLO16

Jeff Clune@jeffclune.com · last yr.

Thrilled to introduce Foundation Model Self-Play, led by Aaron Dharna. FMSPs combine the intelligence & code generation of foundation models with the curriculum of self-play & principles of open-endedness to explore diverse strategies in multi-agent games. Thread x.com/jeffclune/st...

Jeff Clune on X: "Thrilled to introduce Foundation Model Self-Play, led by @_aadharna. FMSPs combine the intelligence & code generation of foundation models with the curriculum of self-play & principles of open-endedness to explore diverse strategies in multi-agent games, like the one below 🧵👇 https://t.co/GqTWM5P3CC" / X

Thrilled to introduce Foundation Model Self-Play, led by @_aadharna. FMSPs combine the intelligence & code generation of foundation models with the curriculum of self-play & principles of open-endedness to explore diverse strategies in multi-agent games, like the one below 🧵👇 https://t.co/GqTWM5P3CC

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Jeff Clune@jeffclune.com · last yr.

I am excited to be a part of @Yoshua_Bengio's new non-profit focused on AI Safety and Existential Risk, joining the great team of Scientific Advisors. This is a critically important mission for humanity.

Yoshua Bengio@yoshuabengio.bsky.social · last yr.

Today marks a big milestone for me. I'm launching @law-zero.bsky.social, a nonprofit focusing on a new safe-by-design approach to AI that could both accelerate scientific discovery and provide a safeguard against the dangers of agentic AI.

Jeff Clune@jeffclune.com · last yr.

Excited to introduce the Darwin Gödel Machine: Open-Ended Evolution of Self-Improving Agents. We harness the power of open-ended algorithms to search for agentic systems that get better at coding, including improving their own code.

Sakana AI@sakanaai.bsky.social · last yr.

Introducing The Darwin Gödel Machine sakana.ai/dgm The Darwin Gödel Machine is a self-improving agent that can modify its own code. Inspired by evolution, we maintain an expanding lineage of agent variants, allowing for open-ended exploration of the vast design space of such self-improving agents.

Jeff Clune@jeffclune.com · last yr.

Is there a cancer at the heart of modern AI, lurking just beneath the surface of its dazzling performance? Our research suggests maybe, but also shows elegant solutions are possible (though how to get them at scale remains a mystery). Check out the eye-opening, riveting paper below!

Kenneth Stanley@kennethstanley.bsky.social · last yr.

Could a major opportunity to improve representation in deep learning be hiding in plain sight? Check out our new position paper: Questioning Representational Optimism in Deep Learning: The Fractured Entangled Representation Hypothesis. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.11581

Jeff Clune@jeffclune.com · last yr.

Why do we tolerate loud motorcycles? I can't walk around with a crazy loud speaker, yet we allow people to have (and companies to sell) insanely loud machines that torture everyone else. They can be made quiet or silent...we should start heavily taxing and fining noise polluting machines.

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Jeff Clune@jeffclune.com · last yr.

I greatly enjoyed “The Spectrum of AI Risks” panel at the Singapore Conference on AI. Thanks @teganmaharaj.bsky.social for great moderating, Max Tegmark for the invitation, and the organizers and other panelists for a great event! PS. Do I really have sad resting panel face? 😐

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Jeff Clune@jeffclune.com · last yr.

Since the dawn of my career I've heard scientists joke after every AI advance “Now we just need to get AI to write the paper. Now The AI Scientist does all the research AND writes the paper! Wild times! 🧪🔬👩‍🔬🤖

Sakana AI@sakanaai.bsky.social · last yr.

Introducing The AI Scientist-v2, which produced the 1st fully AI-generated paper to pass peer review at a workshop level (at #ICLR2025) ‼️ Tech Report: pub.sakana.ai/ai-scientist... GitHub: github.com/SakanaAI/AI-... This work is a proud collaboration between Sakana AI, UBC, and Oxford University.

UBC Science@science.ubc.ca · last yr.

Collecting a diamond in #Minecraft is “a very hard task”, says Dr. Jeff Clune (@jeffclune.com) of @cs.ubc.ca, who was part of a team that trained a program to find diamonds using videos of human play2. “This represents a major step forward for the field.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI masters Minecraft: DeepMind program finds diamonds without being taught

The Dreamer system reached the milestone by ‘imagining’ the future impact of possible decisions.

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Cory Booker@corybooker.com · last yr.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Erik Brynjolfsson@erikbryn.bsky.social · last yr.

When whites and minorities drive at identical speeds (according to objectively measured data from Lyft) Florida police are 24-33% more likely to issue speeding citations to minority drivers and charge them 23-34% greater fines. These are not small effects!