The AI Quest: Today's Amazing Capabilities Are Just a Minor Sub-quest
yunta_tsai · x · 2026-08-02
The author argues that the quest of AI is essentially a long-horizon march. Whatever we currently think about how amazing AI capabilities are today, they will ultimately just be considered part of a minor sub-quest in this lengthy journey.
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