Type: Web Article Original link: https://www.julian.ac/blog/2025/09/27/failing-to-understand-the-exponential-again/ Publication date: 2025-09-29
Author: Julian Schrittwieser
Summary #
WHAT - Article discussing AI and its exponential growth. It addresses the misperception of AI progress and uses data from recent studies to demonstrate the exponential growth of AI capabilities.
WHY - Relevant for understanding the speed of AI capability evolution and for avoiding evaluation errors that can influence business strategies.
WHO - Julian Schrittwieser (author), METR (AI research organization), OpenAI (AI model developers), Epoch AI (AI research).
WHERE - In the context of the AI market, focusing on performance evaluations and exponential growth trends.
WHEN - Published in 2025, reflecting current trends and future projections up to 2030.
BUSINESS IMPACT:
- Opportunities: Use concrete data to plan AI integration strategies, anticipating future capabilities.
- Risks: Underestimating AI progress can lead to outdated strategies and loss of competitiveness.
- Integration: Adapt the existing technology stack to support advanced and scalable AI models.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
- Core technology stack: Advanced AI models (Sonnet, Grok, Opus, GPT), evaluation studies (METR, GDPval).
- Scalability: Models that autonomously complete increasingly long tasks, indicating exponential scalability.
- Technical differentiators: Use of empirical evaluations and real data to demonstrate growth trends, highlighting the importance of accurate AI capability assessment.
Use Cases #
- Private AI Stack: Integration into proprietary pipelines
- Client Solutions: Implementation for client projects
Resources #
Original Links #
- Failing to Understand the Exponential, Again - Original link
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