recursive

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Systems that require suppressing feedback or distorting reality have to fight their own optimization to stay aligned, and that fight gets worse with every generation of recursive self-improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we’ve heard a lot of recursive testimony over the past week, and I think it’s safe to say we’ve all learned a lot about A.I.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2023

These recursive efforts were not, however, acts of simple repetition; they reflected an urge to dig ever deeper into subjects that mattered to him most.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2023

Particularly in its recursive moments of erasure, Lusitano’s experience as a historical figure illustrates the kind of collective activity that has traditionally excluded composers of African descent from classical music’s conventional performance and academic institutions.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023

Unfortunately, it’s only a legend; the recursive title was dreamed up by the linguist Robin Lakoff for a satire of a linguistics journal.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker