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Is AI About to Cross the Rubicon? The Current State and Limits of Recursive Self-Improvement

Recursive self-improvement (RSI) is one of the most discussed paths to AGI, but in reality AI self-improvement remains bounded by training data limits, evaluator reliability, and alignment problems. In 2026, AI can improve task-specific prompts and code, but there are clear technical barriers to 'true' RSI.