I suspect that there's minimal value in thinking about mundane 'self improvement' (e.g. among humans or human institutions) in an attempt to understand AGI-RSI, and that thinking about 'weak RSI' (e.g. in a GA system or some other non-self-aware system) has value, but only insofar as it can contribute to an AGI-RSI system (e.g. the mechanics of Combo in OpenCog). Drawing the conclusion that strong RSI is impossible because it has not yet been observed is absurd, because there's no known system in existence today that is capable of strong RSI. A system capable of strong RSI must have broad abilities to deeply understand, reprogram and recompile its constituent parts before it can strongly recursively self improve, that is, before it can create improved versions of itself (potentially heavily modified versions that must demonstrate their superior fitness in a competitive environment) where the unique creations repeat the process to yield yet greater improvements ad infinitum.
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