OpenAI's 10,000-agent inference-scaling graph still shows logarithmic gains, says Toby Ord
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-09-14
Researcher Toby Ord highlighted a recent inference-scaling graph from OpenAI's Navier-Stokes post: scaling is still logarithmic.
- With 10,000 concurrent agents running, he presumes the curve is tracking scaling by number of agents.
- A noteworthy empirical hint on how much real capability gains parallel agents and inference compute actually buy.
Related event: OpenAI Data Shows Reasoning Scaling Still Logarithmic(2 posts)→
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