OpenAI robotics result sparks debate over transfer improving with scale
BorisMPower · x · 2026-11-01
Will Depue argues OpenAI's robotics result—where Astra decimated specialized robotics models—suggests transfer increases with scale or some fundamental algorithmic shift. BorisMPower pushes back: transfer increasing with scale has been known since the GPT-3 scaling paper.
Related event: OpenAI's Astra Beats Specialized Robot Model 19/20 Zero-Shot(13 posts)→
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