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The speaker says progress toward general remote-worker capability depends on solving online learning, and is uncertain whether compaction and self-written files can get AI 80–90% of the way there.
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“I mean I think this this really comes down to a question of like how quickly can we solve”
“We solve this kind of like online learning and like whether”
“we can like get like 80 90% of the way there with like compaction and like writing files to yourself and stuff and like that's my big uncertainty.”Play from 1:29:58Report a misattribution
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