# Boris Power **Entity class:** Person **Domain:** artificial intelligence / model specialization / robotics **Maturity:** Developing ## Significance Boris Power appears in the MOONSHOTS Live source record arguing that powerful general models can be distilled into smaller specialized systems. The claim matters to this graph because it reframes robotics and domain software around generalist intelligence followed by targeted deployment rather than bespoke training from scratch. ## Relationships - [[wiki/Generalist Robotics|Generalist Robotics]] - [[wiki/Local AI Models|Local AI Models]] - [[wiki/AI Distribution|AI Distribution]] ## Source Dossiers - [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "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* [[reminders/Robotics/General Models Can Be Distilled Into Specialized Machines by Boris Power|General Models Can Be Distilled Into Specialized Machines by Boris Power]]