If models are so great, why scoop low-hanging fruit instead of solving useful problems?
JMannhart · x · 2026-09-09
A critique of AI lab strategy: if the models are truly great, why not point them at genuinely useful problems instead of racing to scoop others? The author argues the obsession with low-hanging fruit signals a lack of confidence in the models themselves.
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