Glossary · RSI and self-improvement
Deployment-time self-evolution
Self-improvement during deployment: refining outputs with frozen weights, adapting weights per query (test-time training), or evolving the harness, skills, or memory.
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Handbook · Agents and self-improvementSelf-improvement and evaluator co-evolutionWhen a system can change what defines "better", the evaluator becomes the load-bearing wall. What changes, who validates, how loops fail.Related terms
- Test-time training (TTT)
- Updating model weights during deployment, conditioned on the current query or session, without a separate curated training phase. Distinct from inference-time refinement, where weights stay fixed.