Nate Silver and Thompson clash: labs say they're 'not ready for RSI' while trying to build it
wfithian · x · 2026-10-13
A debate sparked by Anthropic executives' comments on RSI (recursive self-improvement):
- DKThomp's critique: Anthropic's leaders should stop commenting on RSI's emergence like a traffic reporter — they are the traffic. Instead of "pacing" language, they should commit to specific policies and red lines, explain why those lines are red, and use that costly signal to build international consensus around norms.
- Nate Silver, quote-tweeting: labs claim "we're not ready for RSI" — arguably not even for slightly better models short of RSI — while actively trying to build it. It's inherently absurd. And dangerous.
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