Labs say they're close to RSI, and everything past RSI looks Yudkowskian
moultano · x · 2026-09-11
Replying in a thread about the predictability of recursive self-improvement (RSI), the author notes that beyond what the labs themselves say, outsiders have no way to gauge how close they are to RSI — and the labs claim they're close. He adds that nothing on the far side of RSI looks anything other than Yudkowskian.
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