"OpenAI/Anthropic will ditch users and solve quantum gravity" take gets mocked
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-10-23
A user speculated that OpenAI and Anthropic might eventually abandon external customers entirely, running their models 100% internally for frontier science — e.g., solving quantum gravity or curing cancer and licensing the results for extraordinary ROI, never having to listen to users complain about usage limits again. Researcher Quintin Pope quote-tweeted it with deadpan sarcasm: "Yeah, I can imagine it."
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