From GPT-2 to KimiK3, a thread argues the story is bigger than scale
algo_diver · x · 2026-07-29
- A thread/article titled “From GPT2 to Kimi3, Explained” argues that model progress from GPT-2 (2019) to Kimi3 (2026) is often framed as a pure scaling story, but questions whether it is really just about scale.
- The post’s core hook is the comparison that 22,580 GPT-2-sized models would fit inside KimiK3, underscoring how dramatically model size has changed over seven years.
- The author explicitly invites people to read the worklog for the broader explanation.
Related event: Deep Dive: The Architectural Evolution from GPT-2 to Kimi K3(2 posts)→
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