Sam Altman says a whole generation of researchers held AI back by underestimating what scaling could do

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a Stanford audience that a generation of researchers slowed AI progress by underestimating the power of scaling, citing OpenAI's recent disproof of a mathematical conjecture as evidence.

At a Stanford talk, Sam Altman defended LLM scaling and hit back at skeptics, saying a whole generation of researchers slowed the field by underestimating what scaling could do. He cited OpenAI's recent disproof of a mathematical conjecture as evidence. The article Sam Altman says a whole generation of researchers held AI back by underestimating what scaling could do https://the-decoder.com/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-underestimating-what-scaling-could-do/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com .