What is the difference between distilling Mythos & paying experts somewhere like @mercor_ai to generate training samples? Who are the Chines…

What is the difference between distilling Mythos & paying experts somewhere like @mercor_ai to generate training samples? Who are the Chinese equivalents of @HelloSurgeAI & co? If you understand this you'll understand the likely dynamics of frontier AI going forward. The idea that distilling from Opus 4.8 lets you reach Mythos is very encouraging. It would mean that some GLM 5.3 would be enough to do that independently of Anthropic. Once Huawei token factories go online, things become interesting.

Source: Emad Mostaque (X) | 2026-06-25