Blogger: Even if LLM progress stalls, we have years of value left to unlock
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-10-15
In a widely shared take, xenocosmography argues that LLMs are "magical alien technologies" distilled from the internet, and even if progress completely stalls, the models we already have contain years' worth of untapped value — the Lego bricks simply haven't been combined in the most obvious ways yet. The implication: application-layer and compositional innovation matters more than marginal model gains.
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