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The speaker believes no current research approach, including parametric, non-parametric, or mechanistic interpretability, can provide the needed progress or answers.
Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sept 2026
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“I don't think there's really a path right now which gives us that amount of progress.”
“Not the non-parametric people or the parametric people, not the mechanical interpretability people.”
“No one can tell us.”Play from 1:20:02Report a misattribution
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