Post-training's three eras: chatbots, superhuman engineers, personal assistants — what's next
manosaie · x · 2026-10-14
manosaie frames post-training as three eras: shaping base intelligence into knowledgeable chatbots, superhuman engineers, and personal assistants that execute digital tasks. He sees two paths forward: scaling post-training into high-value domains (legal, sales, science) via frontier labs and vertical AI companies, or democratizing post-training so individuals can own and shape their own intelligence — which he increasingly believes is the right equilibrium state to pursue in parallel.
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