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1. atkrista · 1790765554 · focus · HN ↗

   I would just LOVE to see all the behind-the-scenes shithousery both companies are employing to one-up the other in this, largely, 2-horse AGI race. Someone should make a mockumentary when all is said and done!

   1. petesergeant · 1790766078 · focus · HN ↗

      > largely 2-horse

      The absolute frontier is largely 2-horse, but the rest of the pack is very close behind, which I'm grateful for. Grok, Facebook, and the Chinese vendors are producing excellent models.

      1. Bluestein · 1790766406 · focus · HN ↗

         ... and, must be said a plethora of largely unsung, small, unknown "labs", outfits, "researchers" and the like. There is a long tail of smart people having at this. I guess, sheer compute aside, I think much progress - or, at least, important pieces thereof, will come from there.-

         1. bayindirh · 1790766490 · focus · HN ↗

            There are some niche research areas where bog standard machine learning algorithms make miracles. LLM is just the poster child. AI/ML is a much larger and wider research area.

            1. Bluestein · 1790768206 · focus · HN ↗

               Your "bog" if unrelated, put me in mind of a "Cambrian explosion" (of intelligence) in this case, ongoing.-

               In a way: We have had "recursive self improvement" (RSI) - that's what genetics is, giving rise to ... us.-

               This time around, I think the truly worrying thing is that, having transcended the biological substrate, the pace is unlike anything previously seen.-

               Just a thought.-

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