AI Twitter in 2018 vs 2026: from ImageNet SOTA cheers to 'the frontier must pace'
shauseth · x · 2026-09-16
A viral quip captures the industry's narrative shift: in 2018 AI Twitter celebrated hitting SOTA on ImageNet; in 2026 the discourse is 'the prophecy was right, the future cannot come to pass, the frontier must pace' — from progress hype to fear-driven pacing debates.
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