Article argues intelligence has a speed limit, curbing recursive self-improvement hype
docmilanfar · x · 2026-09-15
Peyman Milanfar shares his new article Intelligence Has a Speed Limit, pushing back on the near-magical framing of recursive self-improvement (RSI) in AI circles. The core claim: a model rewriting itself to get smarter cannot do so arbitrarily fast — intelligence improvement has an inherent speed limit, so the exponential RSI narrative is overstated. The reposter calls it a challenge to the narratives labs want accepted as undeniable.
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