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“GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert.” Sam Altman, August 2025 https://www.bbc.com/ne
by an0malous 6mo ago
“GPT-5 is the first time that it really feels like talking to an expert in any topic, like a PhD-level expert.”
Sam Altman, August 2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5prvgw0r1o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5prvgw0r1o
- falcor84 6mo agoWhat of it? For me too, it was around that time last year, with GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 and then Gemini 3 that I started feeling that these models are clearly becoming great at reasoning. I'm not at all opposed to saying that they are around PhD-level on at least some domains.
- kmaitreys 6mo agoI think there's a lot of difference between sounding like someone and being someone. The models are excellent at pretending indeed.
- 0123456789ABCDE 6mo agoexactly. this is what whole RL thing is optimizing for, even if that is not the intent.
- falcor84 6mo agoI don't think that sama was arguing that ChatGPT actually passed a PhD thesis defense. But arguably, it could make for an interesting benchmark.
- kmaitreys 6mo agoPlease do not get swayed by nor defend the words vomited by a snake oil salesman. Also what benchmark? How will you you design it?