AGI Might Require Significantly Less Compute
iandanforth · x · 2026-07-11
The author finds the AI 2040 topic interesting but argues that future intelligent models might require 4–5 orders of magnitude less compute than they do today.
The core argument is: assuming "continuing to scale up remains effective and permitted," there's no need to pursue such massive compute compression. Even if scaling hits a wall, alternative paths could still lead to AGI.
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