recursive self improvement

Generalized Agent Iteration: One Formal Framework for Iterative Policy Improvement and Recursive Self-Improvementarxiv.org

The paper introduces Generalized Agent Iteration (GAI), a formal framework that unifies classical iterative policy improvement (GPI) and recursive self‑improvement (RSI). GAI treats an agent as a set of modifiable components and models learning as a loop of evaluation and improvement. Two binary “dials”—whether the improvement mechanism is internal to the agent and whether the evaluation standard…