# Sam Altman says a whole generation of researchers held AI back by underestimating what scaling could do

> Sam Altman says a whole generation of researchers held AI back by underestimating what scaling could do OpenAI CEO Sam Altman continues to bet on scaling large language models and is pushing back against LLM skeptics.

- **Source:** [The-decoder](https://the-decoder.com/sam-altman-says-a-whole-generation-of-researchers-held-ai-back-by-underestimating-what-scaling-could-do/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a382eb1e8976fcb37cdfe07)
- **Published:** 2026-06-21
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #openai #anthropic #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a382eb1e8976fcb37cdfe07

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