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No LLM has ever been as good as people said it was. That doesn't mean this one won't be, but it does make it an unlikely bet based on past trends.

by bigstrat2003 1y ago

echelon 1y ago
There are 8 Google news articles in the top 15 articles on the HN front page right now. Google being able to skip ahead of every other AI company is wild. They just sat back and watched, then decided it was time to body the competition. The DOJ really should break up Google [1]. They have too many incumbent advantages that were already abuse of monopoly power. [1] https://pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legislator/ https://pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legislator/ - call your reps and tell them!
- syspec 1y ago
  2.5 flash and 2.5 Pro were just sitting back and watching? The problem with Google is that someone had to show them how to make a product out of the thing, which Open AI did. Then Anthropic taught them to make a more specific product out of there models In every aspect, they're just playing catch up, and playing me too. Models are only part of the solution
- recitedropper 1y ago
  Astroturfing used as evidence of domination. Public forums truly have come full circle.
- SchemaLoad 1y ago
  Google didn't sit back and watch, they basically built the whole foundations for all of this. They were just not the first ones to release a chatbot interface.
jennyholzer 1y ago
"No LLM has ever been as good as people said it was." The reason for this is because LLM companies have tuned their models to aggressively blow smoke up their users' asses. These "tools" are designed to aggressively exploit human confirmation bias, so as to prevent the user from identifying their innumerable inadequacies.
sebzim4500 1y ago
With the exception of GPT-5, which was a significant advance yet because it was slightly less sycophantic than gpt-4o the internet decided it was terrible for the first few days.
- rhetocj23 1y ago
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No LLM has ever been as good as people said it was. That doesn't mean this one won't be, but it does make it an unlikely bet based on past trends.

echelon 1y ago

There are 8 Google news articles in the top 15 articles on the HN front page right now. Google being able to skip ahead of every other AI company is wild. They just sat back and watched, then decided it was time to body the competition. The DOJ really should break up Google [1]. They have too many incumbent advantages that were already abuse of monopoly power. [1] https://pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legislator/ https://pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legislator/ - call your reps and tell them!

syspec 1y ago
2.5 flash and 2.5 Pro were just sitting back and watching? The problem with Google is that someone had to show them how to make a product out of the thing, which Open AI did. Then Anthropic taught them to make a more specific product out of there models In every aspect, they're just playing catch up, and playing me too. Models are only part of the solution
recitedropper 1y ago
Astroturfing used as evidence of domination. Public forums truly have come full circle.
SchemaLoad 1y ago
Google didn't sit back and watch, they basically built the whole foundations for all of this. They were just not the first ones to release a chatbot interface.

jennyholzer 1y ago

"No LLM has ever been as good as people said it was." The reason for this is because LLM companies have tuned their models to aggressively blow smoke up their users' asses. These "tools" are designed to aggressively exploit human confirmation bias, so as to prevent the user from identifying their innumerable inadequacies.

sebzim4500 1y ago

With the exception of GPT-5, which was a significant advance yet because it was slightly less sycophantic than gpt-4o the internet decided it was terrible for the first few days.

rhetocj23 1y ago
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