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recursive

[ri-kur-siv] / rɪˈkɜr sɪv /
ADJECTIVE
returning back
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Researchers’ third concern is a loss of control over recursive systems that self-improve.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Anthropic has pointed to using AI to help build more advanced AI—sometimes called recursive self-improvement—as a potential danger.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

We have the benefit of making this a recursive reinvented show every year; the categories itself are the premise, it’s the micro-premise within the segment or the element.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

That acceleration creates a feedback loop that Anthropic warned could eventually lead to what researchers call "recursive self-improvement."

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

The peculiar charm of this idea—called preformation—was that it was infinitely recursive.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee



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