# Shanghai Jiao Tong University researchers publish roadmap for recursive self-improvement in AI systems

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# Shanghai Jiao Tong University researchers publish roadmap for recursive self-improvement in AI systems

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University led by Yi Duan published an ArXiv paper (2609.11873) surveying recursive self-improvement (RSI) in AI systems, proposing a staged roadmap progressing from improvement execution to meta-improvement, and introducing the Headroom-Closed Index to measure current LLM limitations. The paper examines RSI applications across scientific discovery, embodied intelligence, and software engineering.

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-   Official   [Read article](https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.11873)  
-   Press   [Read article](https://academy.dair.ai/papers/the-last-ai-built-by-humans-toward-genuine-recursive-self-improvement-2609.11873)  

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