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Simulation work can scale up faster than laboratory work because computational capacity is easier to bring online than new laboratories.
Unidentified speaker · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“One thing that simulations let you do is scale up much more quickly.”
“I mean, because now like compute is much easier to bring online than bringing in bringing on new labs.”Play from 35:40Report a misattribution
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