Sakana AI launches Frontier Intelligence Group to chase post-Transformer AI
kaixhin · x · 2026-09-18
Sakana AI announced its Frontier Intelligence Group (FIG), arguing intelligence isn't "solved": Transformer and language modeling being powerful doesn't preclude better alternatives.
- Core thesis: natural intelligence still beats AI on many dimensions — agents lack human insight and creativity, and models need far more data and energy to learn robustly than the brain
- FIG targets these gaps, offering researchers time, resources, and collaborators to pursue long-held "mad ideas"
- Team members are publicly recruiting, with research freedom as the pitch
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