No MLA- or YOCO-level breakthrough from AI self-research yet, researcher argues
bookwormengr · x · 2026-10-27
In a discussion on RSI (recursive self-improvement), the author notes that despite all the talk, no novel result as profound as MLA or YOCO has emerged from models doing AI research. He argues real RSI would look like researchers using leading models like Astra to find alpha-level insights across the 50K papers published each year.
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