Import AI 456: RSI as Economic Early Warning System, Radical Optionality for AI Regulation, and a Neural Computer

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Jack Clark's latest Import AI argues that monitoring automation levels in AI R&D may be as important as tracking traditional macroeconomic indicators — positioning recursive self-improvement as a leading economic signal rather than just a technical benchmark. The newsletter also covers 'radical optionality' as a framework for AI regulation that avoids premature constraint, and advances in neural computing. The RSI-as-economic-indicator framing is a novel policy contribution from one of the field's most respected newsletters.