Blaise Recommends 'The Scaling Era': An Oral History of AI 2019-2025
blaiseaguera · x · 2026-08-01
Blaise Agüera y Arcas recommends The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019–2025 by Dwarkesh Patel and Gleb. The book compiles interviews with many prominent AI researchers and commentators.
Due to the publication process, what was a hot take has turned into an archival historical document in the spirit of Studs Terkel, striking the reader with the sheer speed of AI's progression.
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