Blogger doubts individuals can use models to recreate what only FAANG could do
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-06
Stewart Alsop III argues he can't see a future where models alone let individuals recreate most of what only FAANG companies could do in the 2010s — or even what frontier models can do today — possibly up to lithography, which he admits may be too sci-fi. A contrarian take on the "solo builder eats Big Tech" narrative.
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