Why recursive self-improvement to superintelligence likely won't happen
tawnniee · x · 2026-09-16
The author argues the singularity — recursive self-improvement to superintelligence and beyond — is likely impossible: generality isn't guaranteed, and a recursively self-improving system is more likely to grow into hyper-specialization than general superintelligence.
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