For similar reasons to the discussion here about why individuals and small businesses might be expected to be able to (differentially) contribute to LM scaffolding (research), I expect them to be able to differentially contribute to [generalized] inference scaling [research]; plausibly also the case for automated ML research agents. Also relevant: Before smart AI, there will be many mediocre or specialized AIs.
For similar reasons to the discussion here about why individuals and small businesses might be expected to be able to (differentially) contribute to LM scaffolding (research), I expect them to be able to differentially contribute to [generalized] inference scaling [research]; plausibly also the case for automated ML research agents. Also relevant: Before smart AI, there will be many mediocre or specialized AIs.