Posted by Alumni from Substack
July 10, 2026
Quick note: For over two years now, we've been running The Sequence without sponsors. Literally every week we receive tens of inquires to sponsor The Sequence. As a passion project that I have been running for over five years now, we are trying to keep The Sequence true to its ethos of technical depth, objectivity and unique content to help you navigate the world of AI. The best way to help us on that journey is to subscribe below. We understand is not for everyone but appreciate the support. I was listening to the recent Dwarkesh Patel episode with Grant Sanderson, where he argues that 'grindability is just as important as verifiability,' and it crystallized something I've been chewing on for months, so I decided to elaborate on that thesis here. The question is deceptively simple: what makes a domain a good domain for AI' Not good in the sense of commercially interesting, but good in the sense that if you point a modern training pipeline at it, capability actually compounds. The... learn more