← Back to PeopleResearcherParker WhitfillResearcherLinkedIn@whitfill_parkerWebsiteParker Whitfill is a PhD at MIT Economics2Mentions2Articles2OutletsApr 2026 — Aug 2026CoverageCompanies CoveredarXiv1CISA1cURL1Firefox1Fulcrum1Google DeepMind1Gurobi1Hiverge1METR1Microsoft1OpenSSL1Stockfish1Appears Injoelbkr.substack.com1METR1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageResearch note: Have We Seen an Acceleration in Discoveries?METRcautiousAug 24, 2026“Estimated 700X compute efficiency gain over 2019-2026.”Straight lines on graphsjoelbkr.substack.comneutralApr 3, 2026“Co-authored paper on how AI capabilities progress might respond to compute slowdowns.”