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What's the goal of posting this right now? A lot of what's written here seems to be well-trodden ground from the last two years of discussions, is it just to ce

What's the goal of posting this right now? A lot of what's written here seems to be well-trodden ground from the last two years of discussions, is it just to centralize a thesis within one post?

bluefirebrand 1y ago
It's damage control because of recent research papers being published saying that AI is not reasoning
- abstractmath 1y ago
  similar to how Anthropic released Claude 4 shortly after the Sam & Jony announcement. it's super competitive, which should be good for innovation, but there's also significant incentive to use PR tactics to sell that innovation for much more than it's worth. Sam's comments about how we're super close to AGI fall flatter-than-ever, after the latest model releases (from all players) and the Apple paper confirming what everybody already knew.
- XenophileJKO 1y ago
  I hope everyone keeps believing this so the arbitrage opportunity is easier to exploit.
- Workaccount2 1y ago
  If you read the paper rather than headline, that was not the conclusion...
- NitpickLawyer 1y ago
  > because of recent research papers being published saying that AI is not reasoning If you're thinking about the apple paper, you should know that its methodology was flawed in many ways, and their findings absolutely do not support the catchy title. But a lot of slop was generated because negativity + catchy title + apple = hits.
righthand 1y ago
This seems like keeping up appearances. And an attempt to renew the glassy eyed magic trick feeling of it all. Let’s all wallow in the glory of statistics, shall we?
theappsecguy 1y ago
They need to keep the hype machine spinning, because it’s clear that the fundamental progress has halted, most updates are now micro improvements and new releases and mostly wrapper tools built around models that we have had around for a while. But you call them agents to make sure the hype keeps on.
yencabulator 1y ago
Existential crisis of the financial kind means OpenAI cannot stop the hype or it will go bankrupt. This is just more of the ongoing hype-based marketing. https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the...

What's the goal of posting this right now? A lot of what's written here seems to be well-trodden ground from the last two years of discussions, is it just to centralize a thesis within one post?

bluefirebrand 1y ago

It's damage control because of recent research papers being published saying that AI is not reasoning

abstractmath 1y ago
similar to how Anthropic released Claude 4 shortly after the Sam & Jony announcement. it's super competitive, which should be good for innovation, but there's also significant incentive to use PR tactics to sell that innovation for much more than it's worth. Sam's comments about how we're super close to AGI fall flatter-than-ever, after the latest model releases (from all players) and the Apple paper confirming what everybody already knew.
XenophileJKO 1y ago
I hope everyone keeps believing this so the arbitrage opportunity is easier to exploit.
Workaccount2 1y ago
If you read the paper rather than headline, that was not the conclusion...
NitpickLawyer 1y ago
> because of recent research papers being published saying that AI is not reasoning If you're thinking about the apple paper, you should know that its methodology was flawed in many ways, and their findings absolutely do not support the catchy title. But a lot of slop was generated because negativity + catchy title + apple = hits.

righthand 1y ago

This seems like keeping up appearances. And an attempt to renew the glassy eyed magic trick feeling of it all. Let’s all wallow in the glory of statistics, shall we?

theappsecguy 1y ago

They need to keep the hype machine spinning, because it’s clear that the fundamental progress has halted, most updates are now micro improvements and new releases and mostly wrapper tools built around models that we have had around for a while. But you call them agents to make sure the hype keeps on.

yencabulator 1y ago

Existential crisis of the financial kind means OpenAI cannot stop the hype or it will go bankrupt. This is just more of the ongoing hype-based marketing. https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the...