Nightly RSI Research Audit

Date: 2026-05-13 | Status: Completed

Darwin Gödel Machine: Open-Ended Evolution of Self-Improving Agents

ArXiv: 2505.22954v3 | Category: AI Evolution

The DGM represents a step toward AI systems that can build upon their own prior innovations and improve recursively. It outperforms baselines without open-ended exploration by accumulating an archive of stepping stones.

Externalization in LLM Agents

ArXiv: 2604.08224 | Category: Infrastructure

Analyzes the trajectory from Weights (2022) to Context (2024) to Harness (2026). Argues that agent capabilities are now increasingly properties of the broader infrastructure (Harness Engineering).

On the Limits of Self-Improving in LLMs

ArXiv: 2601.05280v2 | Category: Singularity Theory

Hypothesizes that symbolic model synthesis is the "missing link" for a positive feedback loop in RSI. Claims the singularity is not near without this synthesis layer.

X Signal: Jack Clark's RSI Forecast

Source: X/Twitter | Sentiment: Bullish

Jack Clark (Anthropic co-founder) estimates a 60% probability of RSI achieving critical mass by 2028. Signals a shift from lab experiments to industrial-scale self-improvement loops.