The article is discussing working in AI innovation vs focusing on getting more and better data. And while there have been key breakthroughs in new ideas, one of the best ways to increase the performance of these systems is getting more and better data. And how many people think data is the primary avenue to improvement.

It reminds me of an AI talk a few decades ago, about how the cycle goes: more data -> more layers -> repeat...

Anyways, I'm not sure how your comment relates to these two avenues of improvement.