PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Ege Erdil

Ege Erdil is an AI researcher whose work connects model progress, mathematical reasoning, and the economics of automation. At Epoch AI, he studied algorithmic gains in computer vision and language models, then coauthored FrontierMath, a benchmark for advanced mathematical reasoning. He coauthored GATE, a model of AI automation’s economic effects, and left Epoch AI in April 2025 to launch Mechanize with colleagues. In May 2026, he coauthored GBA Eval, which asks models to build a Game Boy Advance emulator in Rust. He serves as Mechanize’s CTO in June 2026, discussing evaluations.

Timeline

  1. 2022

    Algorithmic progress in vision

    In 2022, he coauthors a study of more than 100 computer-vision models and estimates that better algorithms add the equivalent of doubled compute budgets every nine months.

  2. March 2024

    Language model efficiency

    In March 2024, he coauthors a study that finds algorithmic progress in language models matches a doubling of computational power every five to 14 months.

  3. November 2024

    FrontierMath benchmark

    In November 2024, he coauthors FrontierMath, a benchmark of original, difficult math problems created and vetted by mathematicians to evaluate advanced mathematical reasoning in AI.

  4. March 2025

    Modeling AI automation

    In March 2025, he coauthors GATE, a dynamic integrated model that simulates the economic effects of AI automation across possible scenarios.

  5. April 2025

    Launching Mechanize

    In April 2025, he leaves Epoch AI with colleagues to launch Mechanize, a startup developing virtual work environments, benchmarks, and training data that help AI agents learn from realistic job tasks.

  6. May 2025

    Automating software engineering

    In May 2025, he coauthors a Mechanize essay about fully automating software engineering and the roles of human training data and reinforcement learning in deep learning.

  7. May 2026–June 2026

    Mechanize CTO and GBA Eval

    In May 2026, he coauthors GBA Eval, which asks models to build a Game Boy Advance emulator in Rust. In June 2026, he serves as Mechanize’s CTO and discusses evaluation design.

Videos

YouTube videos in which Ege Erdil speaks or appears, newest first. A model chose them from YouTube search results. List updated 19 October 2026.

  1. AGI is still 30 years away — Ege Erdil & Tamay BesirogluDwarkesh Patel · 17 April 2025 · 3 h 9 min

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  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  3. 46% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionOur estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

Sources and credits

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  1. Revisiting algorithmic progress epoch.ai. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Algorithmic progress in language models epoch.ai. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. FrontierMath: A Benchmark for Evaluating Advanced Mathematical Reasoning in AI arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. GATE: An Integrated Assessment Model for AI Automation arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. The Epoch AI Brief - April 2025 epochai.substack.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Announcing Mechanize, Inc. mechanize.work. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. How to fully automate software engineering mechanize.work. Checked 19 October 2026.
  8. Introducing GBA Eval mechanize.work. Checked 19 October 2026.
  9. How bad data teaches models to write terrible code mechanizework.substack.com. Checked 19 October 2026.