Frontier Models Are Getting Smaller
BlackHC · x · 2026-07-16
This reply adds a key observation: rather than simply scaling up parameters, frontier models are trending towards being "smaller but stronger/cheaper." The author believes this is proof that efficiency improvements are working, even if the original article fails to acknowledge it.
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