Meta Model Team Urged to Diversify Bets
aryaman2020 · x · 2026-07-11
The post cites internal sentiments regarding Meta's model team: some worry about repeating past SAE mistakes, stressing that the Meta model shouldn't be the only bet, but just one of many pathways.
The author notes their initial excitement for this direction but now advocates for more balanced resource allocation. While they previously invested roughly O(10) people and hoped to scale up, the reality of tight talent pools means the team shouldn't over-index on a single hypothesis.
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