Frontier lab law: the leader must fumble their lead so second place wins by doing nothing
xeophon · x · 2026-09-26
The author proposes a 'frontier lab law': whichever AI lab is currently winning has to fumble its lead so tremendously that second place regains the mandate by doing essentially nothing. A wry observation on AI lab competitive dynamics.
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