VentureBeat February 1, 2025
The AI narrative has reached a critical inflection point. The DeepSeek breakthrough — achieving state-of-the-art performance without relying on the most advanced chips — proves what many at NeurIPS in December had already declared: AI’s future isn’t about throwing more compute at problems — it’s about reimagining how these systems work with humans and our environment.
As a Stanford-educated computer scientist who’s witnessed both the promise and perils of AI development, I see this moment as even more transformative than the debut of ChatGPT. We’re entering what some call a “reasoning renaissance.” OpenAI’s o1, DeepSeek’s R1, and others are moving past brute-force scaling toward something more intelligent — and doing so with unprecedented efficiency.
This shift couldn’t be more timely....
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