saved September 25, 2026Sample efficiency and metric leapsby Slava Akhmechet · X · published August 12, 2026view the original postHraness republishes this public post from a saved copy. The post is the author’s own words.Slava Akhmechet @spakhmWhen a metric is (a) quantitative and (b) valuable, humans will make multiple qualitative technological leaps to optimize it:airspeed: propeller -> turbojet -> scramjetluminous efficacy: incandescent -> fluorescent -> LEDcomms latency: copper -> microwave -> fiber(This post is about sample efficiency)