Ex-OpenAI VP Miles Brundage: leading AI labs won't open a decisive time gap
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-06
Former OpenAI research VP Miles Brundage explained why he thinks no lab will build an insurmountable lead: compute remains a serious bottleneck bounding capability gains per unit time; the labs pursue sufficiently similar directions, so nobody gets totally blocked as long as they keep throwing compute and talent at it; and the human skill gap is small. He likens it to rockets taking off around the same time — a head start buys altitude, not a big time gap.
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