Knowledge Flywheels: A new scaling dimension for self-improving AI, future knowledge infrastructure needed
yisongyue · x · 2026-08-12
The article 'Knowledge Flywheels' proposes knowledge flywheels as a new scaling dimension for self-improving AI. Today we scale models through data, architecture, and compute; agents through tools, search, verification, and harnesses. Tomorrow we will build knowledge infrastructure to enable knowledge flywheels.
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