recursive self-improvement

English

Noun

recursive self-improvement (uncountable, abbreviation RSI)

  2. A process whereby an artificial intelligence system iteratively improves its capabilities, with each iteration thus enabling more effective self-improvement.
    Synonym: RSI (initialism)
    Hypernyms: self-improvement < improvement
    • 2026 June 17, Stuart Russell, “Will it take a ‘Chornobyl-scale disaster’ for us to regulate AI?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 October 2026:
      In early June, the company posted an article describing early signs of recursive self-improvement (RSI), a process in which an AI system devises ways to increase its own intelligence, leading to a greater ability to improve itself, and so on.
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