TheSequence Opinion #904: The Age of Research Is Overrated. AI Engineering Is Winning

The current phase of AI development is being mislabeled as a return to research. In reality, significant performance gains are coming from complex, industrial-scale engineering applied to existing model architectures—such as data processing, reinforcement learning, and agent orchestration—rather than fundamental architectural breakthroughs.

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