Victor Taelin floats labs replacing backprop with models editing their own weights at scale
arthurcolle · x · 2026-11-03
Victor Taelin speculates that frontier labs are essentially replacing backpropagation with models editing their own weights, at scale. arthurcolle quote-posts with a terse 'Accelerate.' Unverified speculation, but it hints at a radical shift in training paradigms if true.
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