Recursive Self-Improvement Is Misunderstood: Self-Improvement Alone Is Just Iteration
emax · x · 2026-09-26
emax argues many people discussing recursive self-improvement misunderstand the recursive part: a system merely self-improving is iteration. The EA trope requires the system to build a more efficient version of itself that can bring about further acceleration, which in turn produces better versions — a compounding loop, not a single upgrade.
More from AGI Musings
- AI Circle Debates: Gamedev May Be One of the Most Valuable Things to Do Now — repligate · 2026-09-26
- Critics say EA drama misses the point: it's about power-seeking, not gossip — mjdramstead · 2026-09-26
- AI slop detection still works today, but researcher fears it won't by 2027 — paulnovosad · 2026-09-26
- Should we want digital consciousness to be possible? A contrarian apocalypse argument — stvlsn · 2026-09-26
- Grady Booch: From Pygmalion to AI, Why Humans Project Souls Onto Their Creations — Grady_Booch · 2026-09-26
- 'Slop-maxxing is not sufficient to win': AI product circle rediscovers taste and craft — salgar · 2026-09-26