The Use of AI, Bootstrapping, Recursion, and Neural Networks

True creativity, to me, lies not in certainty, but in the ability to adapt to uncertainty — and to master it.

(By Dorian — Ztrader Fintech Intelligence)
October 9, 2025 | Tokyo

Prelude

In my previous essay, we explored the so-called “mental contamination” that occasionally emerges in LLMs — those recursive feedback loops that generate mystic or quasi-religious language.

Today’s note continues that thread, summarizing how I understand recursion and its intrinsic rel…