Blogger revises AI training scale estimate to 5-7T, says 8T already too generous
scaling01 · x · 2026-09-07
Account scaling01 revised its estimate in an ongoing AI scaling discussion: the actual scale should be 5-7T (trillions), arguing that 8T was already a generous upper bound. The post is a brief one-liner without full context, but reflects continued community debate over frontier-model training scale.
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