Yacine: People Underestimate How Much AI Acceleration Is Due to DeepSeek
yacineMTB · x · 2026-10-20
Prominent AI builder Yacine argues people widely underestimate how much of today's technological acceleration is directly attributable to DeepSeek. In his view, DeepSeek's open releases are the reason frontier capabilities are proliferating so fast — 'Really, it's because of them. Thank you, for everything.'
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