Zhang Kaifu, founder of Xiaopiti AI and a former vice president of Alibaba, said on Aug. 29 that AI has entered a self-improvement stage, and that the next one to two years could be a key variable for another round of exponential technology growth. Speaking at the 'AI × New Finance — Innovation Global Tour: Hong Kong Station and Yangtze River Stars Plan' event, Zhang said models are evolving from chat tools into agents that can complete complex tasks. The next phase, he argued, is AI taking part in its own research, training and inference optimization — a trend he called 'recursive self-improvement,' already visible in some studies. As model capabilities improve, he predicted, AI agents will shift from passive responses to always-on, proactive execution, driving demand for infrastructure such as cloud computing, identity authentication and cybersecurity.
Zhang Kaifu, founder of Xiaopiti AI and a former vice president of Alibaba, said at an Aug. 29 event in Hong Kong that AI has started moving into a “self-improvement” stage. The next one to two years, he believes, could prove a key variable in AI development, with another round of exponential gains possible.
Zhang made the remarks at the launch of the ‘AI × New Finance — Innovation Global Tour: Hong Kong Station and Yangtze River Stars Plan’ event. According to BlockBeats, he described the past year’s core change as models moving beyond chat tools to agents capable of handling complex, sustained tasks. The more significant stage ahead, he added, is AI taking part in its own research, training and inference optimization.
Zhang called the trend “recursive self-improvement” and said it has already appeared in some studies. If AI can keep refining models and training efficiency the way top researchers do, he argued, the pace of progress could turn exponential again.
He also predicted that as model abilities continue to climb, AI agents will move from passive response to always-on, proactive task execution. That, in turn, would drive demand for new infrastructure, including cloud computing, identity authentication and cybersecurity.
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