RL scaling may be one of the century’s most important discoveries, the post argues
MillionInt · x · 2026-07-21
The post argues that RL scaling may be one of the most important discoveries of the 21st century — perhaps the most important for an undefined future horizon.
It also claims current systems are still trained on fairly mundane capability levels, implying models could potentially scale at least another order of magnitude beyond what has been done so far. The quote attached is a separate math proof anecdote, but the main point is the strategic importance of RL scaling.
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