The cruel cycle: labs RL a skill, wrapper startups pile in, labs ship the killer
generativist · x · 2026-09-30
GrantSlatton (via generativist) describes a recurring cruel cycle in AI: (1) labs start RL-training toward a future product requiring skill xyz; (2) people notice models got great at xyz and build wrapper startups on it; (3) the lab ships its first-party xyz-wrapper-killer. A sharp warning for founders on picking lanes — wherever labs are aiming RL, their own product will follow.
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