A major lab's algorithmic progress reaches 4x

8.8 significance by AI 2027 Research Q1 2027

Why does it matter?

Faster AI research would let the leading lab improve models much faster than normal human teams could.

Direct quote

This massive superhuman labor force speeds up OpenBrain’s overall rate of algorithmic progress by “only” 4x due to bottlenecks and diminishing returns to coding labor.

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