Dwarkesh interviews OpenAI researcher: backprop squeezing now, sample efficiency breakthrough next
PTrubey · x · 2026-09-30
PTrubey highlights Dwarkesh Patel's interview with an OpenAI researcher, articulating a key 1-2 year thesis: OpenAI and Anthropic are squeezing maximum efficiency from the existing backpropagation paradigm, while others tackle core ML problems — sample efficiency and continual learning — that could step-change the entire industry. Full video recommended.
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