Recursive Self-Improvement Harder Than Estimated, Novel Ideas Rare
sarahcat21 · x · 2026-08-17
The author argues that the difficulty of recursive self-improvement is grossly underestimated. Results from evals like PostTrainBench suggest that while training can enable incremental progress, generating novel ideas remains a significant challenge for AI.
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