# Generalized Agent Iteration: One Formal Framework for Iterative Policy Improvement and Recursive Self-Improvement

**Published:** September 15, 2026
**Author:** Hongyao Tang, Yi Ma, Pengyi Li, Yifu Yuan
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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When we speak of recursive self-improvement (RSI), are we speaking of a phenomenon, a mechanism, or a prospect? Towards autonomous and evolving intelligence, RSI is being claimed at many scales, while no single framework that formally describes these emerging instances exists.…

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