Michael Darius Eastwood - Independent AI alignment researcher

Published 29 July 2026

Convergence 21: DeepSeek R1 — Open-Source Recursive Reasoning

DeepSeek R1 demonstrates recursive reasoning capabilities in an open-source model — converging with the ARC Principle prediction of quadratic scaling.

Part of the ARC-Eden research programme. Anchored by Infinite Architects (ISBN 978-1806056200, 2 January 2026) and the 23-paper OSF suite (DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB). Evidence anchored: 8 December 2024 manuscript (SHA-256: f0d1f38f).

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Eastwood, M. D. (2026). "Convergence 21: DeepSeek R1 — Open-Source Recursive Reasoning." https://www.michaeldariuseastwood.com/research/blog/convergence-21-deepseek-r1-open-source-recursive-reasoning.html

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