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The Impossible Backhand
Philipp DubachanalysiscautiousFeb 18, 2026
AI systems have a structural ceiling around the 95th-98th percentile of quality due to next-token prediction mathematics, RLHF training dynamics, and model collapse, making domain expertise increasingly valuable rather than obsolete.
“Conducted research on diminishing returns from AI scaling that was cited in discussions about AI quality limitations.”
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