Scale Wall
Next-token scale hit the wall. Labs still selling just-add-GPUs are selling FOMO while world models and sample-efficient agents become the real race.
Next-token scale stopped being the whole race. World models and sample efficiency are eating the just-add-GPUs pitch. Companion fantasy deflates while hybrid attention and JEPA-class bets become the real scoreboard.
world-models, sample-efficiency, hybrid-attention, signal-limits, companion-copium
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