Debate Rages Over 'Slow Death of Scaling' and Post-Training's End

Former Cohere research lead Sarah Hooker amplified the 'slow death of scaling' debate, with a widely shared take arguing post-training's research era ended months ago and returns now come from data and environment engineering rather than algorithmic novelty.

2026-09-11 ~ 2026-09-11 · 2 related posts

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