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Two questions from the Jagged Frontier

aparker.io Jun 16, 2026

The 'jagged frontier' is about surprising capability gaps; I would argue that the real jagged frontier here is the unexpected change in potential outcomes

The jaggedness of AI - the difference in capabilities at the edge of the frontier across different types of work - is well covered here https://helentoner.substack.com/p/taking-jaggedness-seriously

Making bets on how businesses evolve when outcomes are jagged is extremely hard.

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