Claimed 46% nanoGPT speedrun gain equals ~9 months of progress in 5 days
RyanGreenblatt · x · 2026-09-07
- Someone claims a 46% speedup on the nanoGPT speedrun (73.9s → 39.9s), equivalent to roughly the past 9 months of speedups achieved in just 5 days on one PR
- A skim shows some contentious changes, but none obviously against the rules
- Ryan Greenblatt: we'll likely soon see strong AI-driven acceleration on publicly salient software R&D tasks that are easy to hill climb (clear metrics, short feedback loops) — worth tracking
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