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Research effort faces diminishing returns as low-hanging fruit is picked and further progress becomes harder.
Tamay Besiroglu · AGI is still 30 years away — Ege Erdil & Tamay Besiroglu · 17 Apr 2025
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“But then there's also kind of diminishing returns that the low hanging fruit has been picked and it becomes harder to make progress.”Play from 48:33Report a misattribution
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