RSI skeptic: software improvement is already 99.9999% automated — the last 0.0001% won't be magic
binarybits · x · 2026-08-19
Citing @samth, the thread argues against recursive self-improvement hype: the process of improving software is already virtually fully automated, yet people expect something amazing when the last 0.0001% is figured out. That's not how anything works — a pushback against sudden RSI takeoff expectations.
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