iamtrask: RSI is just AI getting smart enough to collect its own data
iamtrask · x · 2026-10-01
iamtrask argues that recursive self-improvement (RSI) "can only be a euphemism for AI getting smart enough to collect its own data or compute," tying the claim directly to scaling laws. He adds in a follow-up that AI doing AI research is a special case of this logic.
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