It was an interesting read Sara, thanks for sharing it.

I especially agree with your point that scaling laws really killed open research. That's a shame and I personally think we could benefit from more research.

I originally didn't like calling them scaling laws.

In addition to the law part seeming a bit much, I've found that researchers often overemphasize the scale part. If scaling is predictable, then you don't need to do most experiments at very large scale. However, that doesn't seem to stop researchers from starting there.

Once you find something good, and you understand how it scales, then you can pour system resources into it. So I originally thought it would encourage research. I find it sad that it seems to have had the opposite effect.