Leonard Hine distinguishes between the 'excess effect' (ability to achieve the same capability with less compute over time, via efficiency gains) and the 'performance effect' (ability to use the same compute to achieve better capability), arguing that both are happening simultaneously and the 'performance effect' is where export controls will bite hardest.

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Leonard Hine

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what I call an excess effect... you get the same capabilities for Less compute... the performance effect which basically means... you get more juice out of it

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Week 1 of the Trump administration, AGI timelines, and DeepSeekCenter for Strategic & International Studies
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:23:07 AM

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