MIT Tech Review: Kids Outlearn AI with a Fraction of the Data
nordicinst · x · 2026-08-24
An MIT Technology Review article explores the massive gap in data efficiency between children and LLMs. While LLMs achieved fluency in four years, they require hundreds of thousands of times more data than a child experiences. Understanding this "data efficiency gap" could lead to more efficient models and insights into human cognitive development.
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