Is the AI slowdown a cover? Speculation that LLMs have hit a scaling wall
DanielSMatthews · x · 2026-09-13
Discussing frontier labs pacing down, DanielSMatthews floats a sharp hypothesis: if 'slowing down' is actually cover for getting bogged down without spooking markets, it amounts to deliberate fraud — perhaps labs are far from ASI/AGI and hitting a scaling barrier with no path forward in current LLM-based systems, echoing Yann LeCun's earlier warnings. Kyrannio replies that a full slowdown would be net negative: natural pacing is fine, but being hamstrung by bureaucrats won't end well despite good intentions.
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