4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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Sequential word-by-word decoding makes it difficult to compress a large amount of information into speech.

swyx · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026

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“because it's hard like you're compressing a lot into word after like sequential word decoding.”
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