Does full RSI actually break the frontier apart? Arguing labs' lead won't widen
panickssery · x · 2026-10-15
A debate on full recursive self-improvement: RSI means models no longer need human researchers to build smarter models and could in principle be let rip with unknown compounding dynamics, while humans retain value in alignment and prioritization. panickssery argues that even with full RSI, the gap between labs and between closed- and open-weight frontier models would not widen, let alone break away forever.
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