Toby Ord on RSI: Serial vs. Parallel Feedback Loops
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-08-28
Toby Ord responds to inquiries about modeling Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI). He states that he models the feedback loop as serial, noting that having k parallel instances would not alter the main results unless k approaches infinity in finite time, which he deems impossible without generation time reaching zero first.
Related event: Toby Ord's New Paper Explores the Dynamics of Intelligence Explosions(8 posts)→
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