Blogger Questions 'Exponential AI Progress': Inputs, Not Intelligence, Are Growing

Timothy Lee argues that what grows exponentially is compute, data and investment rather than intelligence itself, and that exponential revenue growth doesn't prove AI capabilities are uniquely surging, since nearly every successful technology goes through such a phase.

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