Commenter: 'Frontier pacing' talk collapses once a Chinese model beats ChatGPT Pro and Claude Max
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-13
doodlestein argues that the current "pacing the frontier" narrative will fall apart as soon as a Chinese model clearly surpasses the top-shelf models bundled in ChatGPT Pro and Claude Max subscriptions. He calls the AI race the new nuclear arms race—one that rests for no one.
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