RSI Hype Explained: Claude Codes Experiments, OpenAI Builds Auto Research Intern
lxfater · x · 2026-10-23
lxfater explains RSI (recursive self-improvement), the latest AI-circle talking point: AI builds stronger next-gen models, compounding capability gains. He cites Anthropic letting Claude write code and design experiments, OpenAI's human-supervised automated research intern, and China's MemT 1.0, which stores experience in model memory for new coding tasks — arguing that models learning to reflect on experience is a good stepping stone toward RSI. He jokes that if this path works, software and drug development speed up, and history will note the moment humans acted like bad teammates and someone learned to let go, kicking off AI self-evolution.
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