Counterpoint: DeepSeek lags mostly due to late start and compute, not strategy
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-15
The poster pushes back on claims that DeepSeek took a less effective approach: their first released model was a coder and their first paper was about scaling laws—so what exactly was "less effective"? He argues 99% of the gap comes from starting late and lacking compute, not intelligence or strategy, in a direct rebuttal to the "Anthropic is the smartest lab" take.
Related event: X Debates Anthropic vs DeepSeek: Big Compute Bet or Strategy Win(3 posts)→
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