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The speaker's work focuses on the harness layer, and they do not define recursive self-improvement as requiring model-layer improvements alone.
Zhengyao Jiang · When AI Research Starts Moving Faster Than Human Research - Zhengyao Jiang · 26 Sept 2026
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“But for us, we care about harness layer,”
“but at the same time, we don't think only model layer improvements count as RSI.”Play from 11:52Report a misattribution
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