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The RSI Tax: When Recursive Self-Improvement Is Not Worth the Cost
arXiv cs.LG — Machine Learning
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Researchers define 'RSI Tax' to measure if token costs of agentic recursive self-improvement outweigh actual task execution gains.
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- arXiv cs.LG — Machine Learning · RESEARCH
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- 11 November 2026
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- 12 Nov 2026, 02:02 UK
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- The RSI Tax: When Recursive Self-Improvement Is Not Worth the Cost ↗
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arXiv:2611.13524v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recursive self-improvement (RSI) seeks to improve an agent using its own task experience. Its practical value depends on whether performance…
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