Glossary · RSI and self-improvement
Non-verifiable frontier
Tasks with no strong external verifier, such as creative quality, dialogue, research taste, and direction-setting, where improvement loops lack a reliable signal. Usually the ground truth is costly, plural, or unavailable, not unverifiable in principle.
Defined in
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
- Frame review
- The governance process that asks whether the construct and objective themselves remain appropriate — logically prior to verifying performance against them.
Where it comes up
- Verifiability engineeringHandbook · Practice