What is Recursive Self-Improvement?
basedjensen · x · 2026-07-11
This article explains recursive self-improvement (RSI)—a loop where a system continuously improves itself to accelerate future iterations.
It notes that since early 2025, frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic have been actively trying to speed up this cycle, aiming to advance mechanisms that could eventually lead to RSI.
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