Former FTC adviser Neil Chilson defines RSI as full AI R&D handoff with no human oversight
neil_chilson · x · 2026-11-08
Replying to a question about what "recursive self-improvement" (RSI) actually means, Neil Chilson (former FTC technology policy adviser) offers his working definition: fully relinquishing AI R&D and deployment to AI itself, with no human ability to monitor or stop the process. A useful conceptual boundary-drawing in the ongoing AI-risk debate, separating RSI from AI-assisted improvement under human oversight.
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