Is Recursive Self-Improvement Real? AI Circle Clashes Over Whether LLMs Can Bootstrap
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-21
gregtravis argues that recursive self-improvement (RSI) is neither happening nor possible with current AI: statistical inference systems aren't thinking machines, and linear-algebra solvers can't genuinely think, so no self-improvement loop exists. basedjensen pushes back, saying no amount of coping will make RSI "not a thing." The exchange crystallizes the core AGI debate between skeptics who see LLMs as pattern engines and those who expect iterative self-improvement.
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