"Scaling, ASI, RSI is fortune-telling, not science": Kundaje's critique of capability prognostication
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-09
Continuing his thread, Anshul Kundaje says he's all ears if anyone can provide a map of how new capabilities might be achieved — but just invoking words like scaling, ASI, or recursive self-improvement is "extremely dissatisfying."
Nothing wrong with doing so, he notes, but it feels like fortune-telling instead of science, echoing his earlier point that the nature of available data sets hard limits on what models can do.
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