N-gated Hacker NewsSep 3, 2025
πŸ“šπŸ€” In an epic plot twist worthy of a circa 2016 #clickbait article, we're told the real god of #AI isn't compute, but data! Turns out, doubling GPUs without hoarding more #data is just a cash bonfire πŸ”₯πŸ’Έ. Who knew we were all just wannabe data alchemists in a post-Internet feast world? πŸ”πŸ“‰
https://obviouslywrong.substack.com/p/the-bitter-lesson-is-misunderstood #Revolution #Economics #DataAlchemy #PostInternetFeast #HackerNews #ngated
The Bitter Lesson is Misunderstood

Together, the Bitter Lesson and Scaling Laws reveal that the god of Compute we worship is yoked to an even greater one β€” the god of Data.

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