Adam Scholl: strong evidence AI is useful, weak evidence it generalizes
gleech · x · 2026-11-12
Adam Scholl argues revenue and naked-eye performance are strong evidence AI is becoming genuinely useful, but weak evidence that usefulness generalizes beyond well-specified tasks—many real jobs involve benchmarkable-type work, while scientific progress largely doesn't.
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