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Scaling limits — the compute-efficiency position

Question: What fundamentally limits transformer scaling?

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Explore evidence
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Compute
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  1. 1Explore evidence
  2. 2Run experiments
  3. 3Synthesize findings
  4. 4Chart next steps
Engine room

Who is aboard, and where the compute went

Compute

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Adaptive engine · this expedition

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Default model: openai/gpt-oss-120b on Groq (free tier) · paid inference off

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W1 · Focused single-agent researchseed unvalidated000
W2 · Independent evidence mappingseed unvalidated000
W3 · Generate, execute, improveseed unvalidated000
W4 · Reproduce and challengeseed unvalidated000
W5 · Cross-domain bridge investigationseed unvalidated000

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