Ramez Naam(@ramez):🧵 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.

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Ramez Naam@ramez

2026.09.12 22:57

🧵 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.