Why sample efficiency — not compute — may be the real bottleneck in AI progress.
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Thanks to Mercury for sponsoring this essay!
Mercury just released a new feature called Command, which gives me AI right in my banking platform.
And since I use Mercury to run basically my entire business, Command has access to all the info it needs to get real work done.
I can ask it to send invoices, or categorize expenses, or even transfer money… and Command just handles it.
Learn more at mercury.com/command Timestamps: (00:00:00) – What is really driving AI progress
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Read the transcript here. Thanks to Mercury for sponsoring this essay! Mercury just released a new feature called Command, which gives me AI right in my banking platform. And since I use Mercury to run basically my entire business, Command has access to all the info it needs to get real work done. I can ask it to send invoices, or categorize expenses, or even transfer money… and Command just handles it. Learn more at mercury.com/command Timestamps: (00:00:00) – What is really driving AI progress? (00:03:11) – Comparing human vs AI sample efficiency (00:08:46) – Does sample efficiency matter? Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe
