TDietterich jokes that recursive self-improvement is really just iteration
tdietterich · x · 2026-07-27
A short quip argues that “recursive self-improvement” is really just “iterative self-improvement,” and jokes that RSI makes the writer’s wrists hurt.
It is a small but recognizable AI-community joke about how grand AGI language often collapses into simple repeated iteration.
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