Nathan Lambert: AI efficiency gains matter more than eliminating LLM weaknesses
natolambert · x · 2026-10-10
Nathan Lambert, author of Interconnects, says he is more bought into AI becoming far more efficient — a massive lever on diffusion — than into models making breakthroughs that eliminate all known LLM weaknesses. Reflecting on RSI after a week in SF, he links to a longer piece arguing progress will come from parallelized, AI-assisted engineering rather than a jump to general superintelligence.
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