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A pioneer argues a model should learn to model itself

development2026-07-05

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Jürgen Schmidhuber argued that the one constant across training and rollouts is the model itself, so a mind should learn to model itself in order to better predict its next token.

Reporting date: 2026-07-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Models are trained to describe themselves faithfully

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A pioneer argues a model should learn to model itself
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Reporting date: 2026-07-05
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-05-a-mind-should-model-itself
Claim: Jürgen Schmidhuber argued that the one constant across training and rollouts is the model itself, so a mind should learn to model itself in order to better predict its next token.
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- Welcome to July 5, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-5-2026
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