Scaling compute can only be taken so far. True advancement in AI comes from optimizing compression of human knowledge. Altman missed the first principle by a mile.
Did you miss this principal?
It probably will happen by the end of this decade, or not too long afterward. Within the next few generations, a CoT mechanism like R1's (and presumably o1's) will be capable of originating, directing, and documenting original scientific work, doing so with no more guidance than a typical PhD candidate would receive from their advisor.