Ramez Naam

@ramez · Twitter · 2026-09-12 22:57 UTC

🧵 If you want to see the diminishing returns in AI, consider that in OpenAI's recent RSI blog post: 124x increase in token output Led to 7x increase in lines of code Led to 1.6x increase in experiments run Led to (my estimate, based on power laws) Perhaps 10% increase in AI capability improvement rate.