> Why might a focus on compute scaling ultimately be inferior to something else?

a) Humans at some point between here and eternity become more efficient easier, than scaling compute is hard. Seems unlikely.

b) Compute is overrated, now or will be in the near future. I will be happy to donate to the church of "compute is overrated" if that makes people get off of gpt-4+ and let me cook. Read that as: I doubt it.

I don't see a c)