Scaling intelligence: pattern-discovery problems all benefit from test-time scaling
QuanquanGu · x · 2026-11-11
With an intelligence scaling law, many previously unscalable problems become scalable, argues a widely shared take: any pattern-discovery problem qualifies, including visual generation (world models), motor control (robotics), drug discovery, math and science.
The cited evidence: Geodesiclab's NovaAtom-Lite tested on the same 172 FoldBench antibody–antigen interfaces — Top-1 success rose from 74.3% with 1 seed to 83.1% with 100 seeds (DockQ ≥ 0.23), with similar gains at stricter thresholds. Going from 1 to 5 seeds already delivers nearly half the total gain.
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