iamtrask: labs deprioritize cost-efficient algorithms due to short moats and cheap cash
iamtrask · x · 2026-11-10
iamtrask clarifies he's optimistic better algorithms can be found and deployed, but argues frontier labs aren't prioritizing that right now — partly because competitive timelines to capture market share and build moats are much shorter, cash has been very cheap, and nobody is publishing. Labs are progressing far more on scaling existing algorithms and getting cleaner data than on dramatically improving algorithmic cost-efficiency.
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