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recursive

[ri-kur-siv] / rɪˈkɜr sɪv /
ADJECTIVE
returning back
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"We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not inevitable," the report said, while adding that it could arrive sooner than most governments and institutions are ready for.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Anthropic called for top AI labs to consider slowing development, citing rapid advancements and potential for recursive self-improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Traditionally, AI systems compute these derivatives using a process called recursive automatic differentiation.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

In this lyrical memoir, Toews explores her writing career with storytelling that is at once propulsive and recursive, using her work as evidence of both her success and her inability to escape her past.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

Ed Lewis’s discovery of master-regulatory genes that controlled the development of segments, organs, and structures solved the problem of the final stage of embryogenesis, but it raised a seemingly infinite recursive conundrum.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee



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