RSI critique: the idea that labs solving math beats the world's real data is solipsistic
akbirthko · x · 2026-11-02
The author argues the flaw in "RSI" (recursive self-improvement) is that it's solipsistic: it assumes exponential data growth will come from labs slamming against math problems, rather than from the real world generating exponentially more data on its own.
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