Model Bottlenecks Lie in Optimization, Not Expressivity
jasondeanlee · x · 2026-07-18
The core argument of this reply is that the limitations of many current models or recurrent architectures might be bottlenecked by optimization rather than expressive power.
The author's points include:
- "All models are universal," meaning their expressive capacity is largely equivalent.
- Their generalization bounds are also roughly the same.
- Therefore, if approaches like looped transformers underperform, the issue likely stems from insufficient training or suboptimal optimization, rather than the architectural ceiling of expressivity.
This is a concise, research-oriented take, primarily responding to a discussion about a paper on latent reasoning or looped models.
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