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Why I still haven’t bought into true RSI

Nathan Lambert · 19 Sept 2026

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  1. all of our scaling laws show that you need exponential compute and resources to make linear improvements in intelligence.
  2. RSI is poised to make modern LLMs vastly cheaper. Trends that have shown LLMs get exponentially cheaper at a given intelligence are likely to accelerate.
  3. lossy self-improvement remains my baseline on the trajectory of progress, and the increased discussion of extinction risk seems very misplaced

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