Ex-xAI researcher: biggest AI question is innovation vs scaling, and scaling favors Big Tech
finbarrtimbers · x · 2026-10-17
AI researcher Finbarr Timbers argues the biggest long-term question in AI is how much innovation matters versus simply scaling up compute and data. If scaling wins, it favors Big Tech far more than the labs, given their capital and infrastructure advantages.
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