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On the Limits of Self-Improving in Large Language Models:...
Hector Zenil · 2026-01-06 · via math updates on arXiv.org

We formalise recursive self-training in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI as a discrete-time dynamical system. We prove that if the proportion of exogenous, externally grounded signal $α_t$ vanishes asymptotically ($α_t \to 0$), the system undergoes degenerative dynamics. We derive two fundamental failure modes: (1) \textit{Entropy Decay}, where finite sampling effects induce monotonic loss of distributional diversity, and (2) \textit{Variance Amplification}, where the absence of persistent grounding causes distributional drift via a random-walk mechanism. These behaviours are architectural invariants of distributional learning on finite samples. We show that the collapse results apply specifically to closed-loop density matching without persistent external signal. Systems with non-vanishing exogenous grounding fall outside this regime. However, mainstream Singularity, AGI, and ASI narratives typically posit systems that become increasingly autonomous and require little to no human or external intervention for self-improvement. In that autonomy regime, the vanishing-signal condition is satisfied, and collapse follows under KL-based objectives. To overcome these limits, we propose neurosymbolic integration based on algorithmic probability and program synthesis. The Coding Theorem Method (CTM) enables identification of generative mechanisms rather than mere correlations, escaping the distribution-only constraints that bind standard statistical learning. We conclude that fully autonomous recursive density matching leads to degenerative fixed points, whereas externally anchored or mechanism-based approaches operate under fundamentally different asymptotic dynamics.