Yes. It's well within realm of possibility, but so far wasn't pursued because the Big Vendors went all-in into capability growth (rightfully testing "the bitter lesson" to its limits) and got themselves stuck in an arms race, while everyone else is barely keeping up and/or starstruck with fascination, exploring what these models can do.

This got everyone racing forward and right now there is not enough human attention left in the world to productionize this, or any of the other "side threads". When the race slows down, people will catch up, branch out, and loop back.

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blurbleblurble 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Just like renewable energy and so many other things. Hyperconcentration of capital is really tragic. I hope things turn around.

	▲	TeMPOraL 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They will. That's the fallacy of the "S-curve" everyone likes to commit these days actually giving a positive outlook. Assuming it won't get to full RSI, the current approach will burn out - most likely economically. The race slows down, people branch out, look back, start picking up the "untapped potential"/low-hanging fruits, and you have new S-curves launching in place of the one that just tapered off (hence a fallacy - a stack of S-curves adds up to continuing exponential growth). In other words: it comes and goes. Hyperconcentrated capital will eventually deconcentrate.