Compute shortage, not ideas, bottlenecks ML research progress
A_K_Nain · x · 2026-08-20
The author argues that the acceleration of ML research in recent years has been primarily bottlenecked by a shortage of compute, not a lack of ideas. With abundant resources, progress would have been much faster.
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