"No self, recursion or improvement": RSI called a meaningless hype acronym
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-12
Replying to johncrickett, gerardsans argues that debating AI hype terms is futile: RSI, like AGI and ASI, is a meaningless dinner-table Silicon Valley acronym whose only purpose is to shield investors from actual technical problems. "There's no self, recursion or improvement — it's iterative optimisation or work in progress."
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