
Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross: Sam Altman once said he'd pick a billion monthly active users over the strongest model. Distribution over capability. "Distribution ultimately was a stronger moat, a stronger advantage and differentiation than having the strongest model weights." For a hot moment, OpenAI had the biggest user base but not the best model. "Now, fortunately, after that code red - GPT 5.5 is, broadly (as far as I can tell) the strongest model - and also, they have the strongest distribution." Note: This was recorded pre Fable. FT @PeterDiamandis @DaveBlundin @EMostaque @SalimIsmail @AlexWG.
