Re:Anthropic IPO
by almog on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:21PM
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Just as not every monotonically increasing function diverges to infinity, Recursive Self Improvement doesn't necessarily lead to ASI or whatever they're calling it these days. In fact, you could argue the exact opposite: that RSI might actually show how far LLMs really are from AGI/ASI.
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Re:Anthropic IPO
by Paracompact on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:21PM
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> Just as not every monotonically increasing function diverges to infinity, Recursive Self Improvement doesn't necessarily lead to ASI
It is disappointing just how little recognition there is of this point. For some reason, AI maximalists settled on an exponential model of growth in their mind, and I've yet to see one seriously consider whether RSI might not be that. It's a conversation ender, like bringing up an alternative axiom that cannot be debated, rather than a testable hypothesis.