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recursive

[ri-kur-siv] / rɪˈkɜr sɪv /
ADJECTIVE
returning back
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"It's hard to overstate how dangerous speeding towards RSI is," Wang posted in response to Coxon's resignation, referring to recursive self-improvement, which is a technique where software is designed to continuously teach itself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Both have begun to use their most sophisticated models to train the next generation, in a process known as recursive self-improvement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Once we get to recursive self-improvement, the fear is that all bets are off,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

It’s “starting to happen across the industry,” including at Anthropic, Amodei wrote of recursive self-improvement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

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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