Glossary · RSI and self-improvement

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.

Also called: TTT

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.

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