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According to the two researchers' observations, many industry papers claiming to achieve RSI do not hold up when reproduced on their internal infrastructure; simpler approaches with a genuinely closed loop are instead able to scale.
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10/25/2026
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Valid until: 1/23/2027
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Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI): Can AI Close the Loop on Optimizing Itself?
youtubea16z10/12/2026
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