tszzl on yesterday's launch: local maxima in a punctuated exponential look invisible from further out
tszzl · x · 2026-10-08
AI researcher tszzl commented on yesterday's major industry launch, saying it's hard to tell if it will be remembered as an important day — but in a punctuated exponential, every local maximum looks invisible from a bit further out, hinting that current progress may be systematically underrated.
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