AI is Hyper-scalable Statistics, Not Just Advanced Stats
kareem_carr · x · 2026-08-27
Data scientist Kareem Carr shared his view on AI: he argues it shouldn't be called simply "advanced" statistics, but rather hyper-scalable statistics. This implies that AI builders favor techniques capable of scaling to billions of dollars in compute, often favoring a simpler, smaller subset of statistical approaches.
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