Inherently best at making things we already have too much of
moultano · x · 2026-08-18
A viewpoint on AI capabilities and the data scaling regime. The author argues that it seems inherent that AI will be best at making things we already have too much of. If we already had too many cancer cures, it could surely give us another.
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