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by brookst 3 days ago
When a human plays, the learnings (if any) are in the human’s head, and they eventually die.

When your model plays, the learnings are captured forever, and enable smaller/cheaper/faster models.

It’s the same principle that makes “invest in research and production” the dominant strategy in most 4X games: compounded interest, but for knowledge and productivity.