AIDE² paper: AI research agent self-improves for 8 days, beats 2-year hand-tuned harness
ptkbhv · x · 2026-09-24
Researchers released the arXiv paper on AIDE², a recursive self-improvement (RSI) system where AI research agents improve their own research efficiency.
- Core experiment: autoresearching the autoresearch agent itself for eight days
- Result: the self-improved version beats the harness the team hand-tuned for two years on held-out benchmarks, which the authors call the first experimental evidence of RSI
- New in this release: results on transfer across models and comparisons with more AI research agents
A notable attempt at turning RSI from theory into measured practice, though generality and reproducibility remain open questions.
Related event: AIDE²: Self-Improving Research Agent Beats Two Years of Human Tuning(3 posts)→
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