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Recursion reduces each step toward a base case: each step is defined in terms of previous/simpler steps, not more advanced ones. The "recursive" in "recursive s
by hndc 25d ago
Recursion reduces each step toward a base case: each step is defined in terms of previous/simpler steps, not more advanced ones. The "recursive" in "recursive self improvement" has things precisely backward. Iteration correctly describes a process where each step is the starting point of its successive step, so it should be "iterative self improvement" but I guess that didn't sound as cool.
- shwaj 25d agoI think you’re conflating the direction of definition with the direction of evaluation. Compare the similarity of: AI(n) = improve(AI(n-1)) With: Fib(n) = Fib(n-1) + Fib(n-2) The latter is a classic example of recursion. So why isn’t the former? Edit: formatting
- linker_in 25d ago[dead]
- anthonyrstevens 23d agoI think you're confusing a recurrence relationship with recursive execution. Until AI has control over its inputs (including physical inputs - compute hardware, etc.) it's not quite RSI. We'll get there. They'll get there, rather.