Researcher argues EU could trail the frontier by months at far lower compute cost
eliebakouch · x · 2026-09-15
AI researcher Elie Bakouch argues in a discussion with peers that the EU shouldn't aim to jump straight to the frontier: trailing by a few months would require far less compute, putting Europe in a much better position than today.
He concedes nobody knows the exact number, but believes most LLM training researchers would quote a much lower compute requirement than commonly cited estimates.
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