RSI

n. pain in your muscles or nerves — usually in the hands, wrists, or arms — caused by repeating the same small movement many times, such as typing or using a mouse. Short for repetitive strain injury.

n. repetitive strain injury: a musculoskeletal and nervous-system disorder caused by repetitive motion, sustained awkward posture, or overuse — occupational shorthand in ergonomics and workplace health, where typing, mousing, and assembly-line work are the classic culprits.

“She got RSI in her wrist from typing all day without a break.”

“The company introduced ergonomic keyboards after several employees developed RSI and had to take extended leave.”

n. in artificial intelligence, recursive self-improvement: a process where an AI system rewrites its own code to become more capable — and each improvement makes it better at improving itself, a loop some researchers believe could lead to an "intelligence explosion".

n. recursive self-improvement: a theoretical process in which an AI system designs, optimises, or rewrites its own code and architecture, each generation enhancing its capacity for further self-improvement — a compounding feedback loop hypothesised to trigger an intelligence explosion and, ultimately, superintelligence.

“Some scientists worry about RSI, where an AI keeps making itself smarter.”

“Debates about RSI centre on whether a system capable of meaningful self-modification would improve gradually or undergo a sudden capability jump.”