Debate erupts: can LLMs actually do recursive self-improvement?
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-22
- gregtravis argues that "Recursive Self Improvement" isn't happening in AI and can't: only a thinking machine can do RSI, and AI systems are just linear algebra solvers that don't and can't think.
- basedjensen reposts in disagreement: RSI is real, and no amount of cope will change that.
Related event: X Debates RSI Doom Narrative and Slowing AI: Chimera or Years Away(14 posts)→
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