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New Term: Recursive Self-improvement #36
Description
Related Terms: recursive ai, rsi
Rough Definition: ai that improves itself
Why this term deserves a simple definition: popular term, related to ai doomers
Personal checklist:
- The term doesn't currently exist in the dictionary.
- There is no existing issue targeting this term.
- This term is related to AI.
- This term is currently being used by a variety of individuals or organizations.
- This term is safe for work.
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github-actions commentedon Sep 17, 2026
This term has been approved for the dictionary! 🥳
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The term type is: simple, and made up of 1 or 2 words.
The general definition is: simple, and made up of 1 sentence.
The example provided is: quoted from a human being, publically available, made up of 1 sentence, and it includes a citation in the format (author name, website title, date).
ahmed33033 commentedon Sep 17, 2026
general
type:
behavior
definition:
An ai system that continuously improves itself.
example:
Rather than a particular learning algorithm or a one-off optimization result [14–16], RSI aims to improve both task performance and the mechanisms through which later improvements are discovered and implemented (Duan et al., arxiv, 2026).
github-actions commentedon Sep 17, 2026
The general definition has been approved! 🥳
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The term type is: simple, software-related, and made up of 1 or 2 words.
The software definition is: simple, software-related and made up of 1 sentence.
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ahmed33033 commentedon Sep 17, 2026
software
type:
system classification
definition:
An AI system that improves its own capabilities, allowing it to further improve its own capabilities.
example:
RSI requires changes to persist across tasks or improvement rounds, but persistence alone does not guarantee sustained gain (Duan et al., arxiv, 2026).
github-actions commentedon Sep 17, 2026
The software definition has been approved! 🥳
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