The Curve notes: frontier labs on shortened timelines, tokens outpacing salaries, is SaaS cooked?
The Cognitive Revolution · rss · 2026-10-08
Nathan Labenz recaps The Curve conference and more in this AI:AM episode of The Cognitive Revolution:
- Off-the-record notes from The Curve: frontier lab leaders on shortened timelines and whether humanity is approaching an intelligence level it shouldn't cross.
- The memory wall: Positron CTO Thomas Sohmers on beating the memory wall as token spend rivals human salaries, reshaping inference economics.
- Software after agents: swyx on how coding agents are disrupting enterprise software — "is SaaS cooked?"
- Unowned risks: Atlas Ignota's Evan Miyazono on accidental agent swarms hitting critical infrastructure with no clear owner of the risk.
- Training data's future: Mercor's Edward Hu on workplace training data and evaluating beyond verifiable tasks.
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