Intelligence per joule improves 18x in 16 months, AGI may not need data center compute
amasad · x · 2026-08-17
Research indicates intelligence efficiency has improved 18x over 16 months. This suggests that running AGI might not require data center-scale compute, as intelligence per watt is rapidly increasing.
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