Frontier Has Been Paced: Human Value Will Polarize as Models Advance
tokenbender · x · 2026-09-23
AI researcher tokenbender argues that frontier model scaling has been deliberately paced, and the next story is the capability gap and runaway effect. People less capable than the models will see their value shrink like token prices, while those better than the models may enjoy a tenfold widening gap that closes at a snail's pace.
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