Meanings
abbreviation RSI
- uncountableA process whereby an artificial intelligence system iteratively improves its capabilities, with each iteration thus enabling more effective self-improvement.
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.
2026 June 17, Stuart Russell, “Will it take a ‘Chornobyl-scale disaster’ for us to regulate AI?”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: RSI
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA process whereby an artificial intelligence system iteratively improves its capabilities, with each iteration thus enabling more effective self-improvement.
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recursive self-improvement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recursive%20self-improvement
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