Researchers just mathematically proved that AI can't recursively self-improve its way to superintelligence.
Not "we think it's unlikely." Not "it seems hard." Formally proved.
The model doesn't climb toward AGI — it slowly forgets what reality looks like. They call it model collapse. The math calls it inevitable.
I wrote about it 👇
https://smsk.dev/2026/04/26/ai-cannot-self-improve-and-math-behind-proves-it/
#AI #MachineLearning #LLM #Research
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