4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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The speaker regards machine-learning concepts analogous to deep mathematical abstractions as comparatively trivial; he cites scaling laws as an example that can be explained quickly.

Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026

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“Whereas I feel like the things that are the equivalent of that in ML are really like dumb bullshit.”
“Like I'm like scaling laws, like, like, come on, guys,”
“we can explain the scaling laws really quickly.”
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