Big training runs are billion-dollar YOLO bets on untested combos
jeremiecharris · x · 2026-10-14
In the labs, a major training run happens at far larger scale than their biggest tests—new architectures, optimizers, and data mixtures have never been validated together at that scale. It's an unavoidably risky, billion-dollar YOLO bet, which is exactly what automating the idea funnel aims to de-risk.
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