Everyone is excited about recursive *self* improvement (RSI) but human progress is social and driven by cumulative culture. Individuals stand on the shoulders of past giants. Our new paper tests whether LLM swarms benefit from an alternative RSI: recursive *social* improvement.
@kjha02.bsky.socialLLM agents are evolving their own skills and working together in swarms. But how well do they learn from each other?
Our new paper on Recursive Social Improvement finds that copying peers’ discoveries can come at the expense of exploration. 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.38516
