abhijay on X: "You don't need AGI to make billions." / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post alana goyal @alanaagoyal Article See new posts Conversation abhijay @abhijaymrana You don't need AGI to make billions. 13 8 43 7.9K It’s time to reconcile two diverging paths within AI research and engineering, since this infinite-capital environment seems increasingly unstable. In 2026, (1) chasing AGI and (2) making models economically valuable require two nearly opposite approaches to data procurement, talent assignment, and capital allocation. These two paths aren’t fully independent - they rely on the same compute, the former for training and the latter for inference - but a miscalculation in priorities here could disrupt the delicate balance of venture and amortizations keeping the industry afloat. At the same time, systems like Clawdbot, Ralph, and Claude Cowork have been gathering steam. Sure, they are fun to ex

It’s time to reconcile two diverging paths within AI research and engineering, since this infinite-capital environment seems increasingly unstable. In 2026, (1) chasing AGI and (2) making models economically valuable require two nearly opposite approaches to data procurement, talent assignment, and capital allocation. These two paths aren’t fully independent - they rely on the same compute, the former for training and the latter for inference - but a miscalculation in priorities here could disrupt the delicate balance of venture and amortizations keeping the industry afloat. At the same…

abhijay on X: "You don't need AGI to make billions." / X

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