# General Models Can Be Distilled Into Specialized Machines by Boris Power > "This should be a nail in the coffin of specialized models trained from scratch with great specialized effort, as opposed to training the most powerful generalized model and eventually distilling a small specialized model as needed." > **— Boris Power**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [40:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=2433s) — MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “This should be a nail in the coffin of specialized models trained from scratch with great specialized effort, as opposed to training the most powerful generalized model and eventually distilling a small specialized model as needed.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Boris Power|Boris Power]] - [[wiki/Generalist Robotics|Generalist Robotics]] - [[wiki/Humanoid Robotics|Humanoid Robotics]] - [[wiki/AI Labor Substitution|AI Labor Substitution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "This should be a nail in the coffin of specialized models trained from scratch with great specialized effort, as opposed to training the most powerful generalized model and eventually distilling a small specialized model as needed." — Boris Power, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-power-general-models-can-be-distilled-specialized-machines ```