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>Early Adopters are always True Believers. Early adopters were using gpt-2 and telling us it was amazing. I used it and it was completely shit and put me off
by llm_trw 2y ago
>Early Adopters are always True Believers.
Early adopters were using gpt-2 and telling us it was amazing.
I used it and it was completely shit and put me off openai for a good four years.
gpt-3 was nearly not shit, and 3.5 the same just a bit faster.
It wasn't until gpt-4 came out that I noticed that this AI thing should now be called AI because it was doing things that I didn't think I'd see in decades.
- simonw 2y agoI tried GPT-2 and thought it was interesting but not very useful yet. I started using GPT-3 via the playground UI for things like writing regular expressions. That's when this stuff began to get useful. I've been using GPT-4 on an almost daily basis since it came out.
- llm_trw 2y agoThe hype around gpt2 was ridiculous. It made me firmly put openai into 'grifters, idiots and probably both' territory. Turns out they were just grifters as the hilarious mess around Sam Altmans coup/counter coup/coup showed us.
- Fripplebubby 2y agoI don't know what your operating definition of "grifter" is but for me, a grifter is not a company that delivers a product which gains a large adoption and mindshare (ChatGPT) and essentially sets the world on fire. (not an opinion on Altman specifically but OpenAI at large)