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If validated, this would underscore a central theme: advancements in AI are almost purely dependent on scale and compute power. Companies like X.AI, supported by massive data and colossal server farms, are racing to push models past previous performance barriers. Elon Musk’s backing, combined with significant resources and lessons learned from training autonomous vehicles, gives some players an edge in this irreversible scaling race.
The key takeaway: the expertise of individual programmers or the novelty of their ideas is becoming secondary to how much raw computational power can be brought to bear. This democratization of potential means that scale, more than anything, is the defining factor in AI's rapid progress.