× Scaling playgroundThree working directions · Choose the experience

An interactive companion to the post

Let readers feel
the multiplier.

Your argument has a moment where the reader needs to see it: one improvement can make another more valuable. Here are three ways to make that moment interactive.

A combined curve rises faster than a line showing separately added gains

A · The reveal

How much curve is left?

Open the view. Add another path. Watch the combined curve pull away. Closest to the post’s opening idea.

Explore the curve →
Nine tiles show three times three, with four interaction tiles in peach

B · The explanation

Find the missing gains.

Change two sliders. See the extra area that addition misses. The clearest answer to “why multiply?”

Try the grid →
Eight green circles represent useful research results

C · The game

Build a better research day.

Spend six upgrades. Compare one big push with several smaller ones. Then add a real-world limit.

Run the lab →

Made for a post.

Each option has a compact version and can save its current chart as a PNG. Put that image in Substack and link it to the interactive page. This also gives email readers a useful picture.

Substack does not allow custom HTML or iframe embeds in its post editor. Check the supported route ↗

Explain, without predicting.

All three use invented, visible assumptions. They explain how gains can multiply. They do not establish a universal equation for intelligence or tell us where we are on a future AI curve.

One change to make in the draft: classic scaling laws describe empirical power laws, not a required S-curve. Original scaling research ↗