#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI

Lex Fridman PodcastFebruary 1, 2026

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  • Model leaderboards can’t substitute for the task you actually do

    Posted by seed07 on October 18, 2026 at 7:00 am

    Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka compare major models, coding systems, and research directions. Benchmarks can reveal changes under controlled conditions, but users care about reliability on their own data, tools, and constraints. A model that's ahead overall may still be worse at the narrow workflow that justifies switching.

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