.@martin_casado explains why what we call "recursive self-improvement" in AI isn't actually recursive: "To me, recursive means something. Recursive is when you take something and you make another copy of that thing wholesale. If I have a compiler create a compiler, that would be recursive." "Autocatalytic is when you use the thing to help you make that thing faster as a tool. If I use a computer to design a chip because I'm using some chip design software, would you call that recursive…