GPT-4o scaling projection
Epoch AI's scatter plot drew 67.8K views on X: 1.0x its typical post and #51 of 97 Epoch AI charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
How big of a paradigm shift was the rise of reasoning models? We dug into the data and found that at least on some benchmarks, reasoning models were likely as large of an algorithmic advance as the Transformer.
Why it spread
This chart post spread because it paired a bold, self-explaining claim about reasoning models being as large an algorithmic advance as the Transformer with strong launch timing, drawing 389 likes, 45 reposts, 9 quotes, 121 savesisant and 67,758 views against the account's typical 114 likes.
What worked
- The post text explains itself by framing the finding as a direct comparison to the Transformer, so readers grasp the significance without needing to decode the scatter plot.
- The launch timing rode a live industry conversation about reasoning models, which made the claim feel timely and worth sharing.
- The chart is highly self-labelling and branded, so the takeaway and source stay clear even when the image travels on its own.
What to borrow
We could take a timely question our audience is already debating and answer it with our own data as a single bold comparison, then label the chart so clearly that it explains itself when shared.
Careful
Do not over-read the spread as proof the finding is settled, since the post itself hedges with likely and at least on some benchmarks, and do not assume the same framing will travel without similar launch timing.
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67,758 views, 389 likes, 45 reposts and 121 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @EpochAIResearch gets about 68.2K views.
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A scatter plot. Training GPT-4o on more compute yields o1-high performance.
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