The GPT-5 Debate Is Insane

For the millions of people without healthcare GPT-5 is the best Dr they have access to. I use it daily for all kinds of tasks and as a small business owner I’d say it has kept me from hiring at least one part time employee. I am a machinist and I’ve been working in manufacturing since the 80’s. I watched automation eat jobs. By the time experts agree we have AGI, the job losses will already be catastrophic. The only reason AI hasn’t had a bigger impact on employment already is it’s advancing TOO fast for adoption. There was the initial investment hesitation by industry when computer controlled machinery started being a thing in the late 80’s. There were a bunch of competing models and formats and it was hard to know who to back. I think very soon we’ll see a stable, useful model that really starts to take a bite out of white collar work. That’s the best you can hope for. It took 30 years to 5x my productivity. I give it maybe 1-2 more for that 5x productivity in digital work.

As a species who owe their existence to tools, you'd think we'd be okay with our tools using tools.

It's wild that we're debating whether an AI writing code to solve a problem is "real reasoning," when that's literally the most intelligent thing a human could do in the same situation.

Marcus is like someone who predicts the stock market will drop 10% for 5 straight years, while the market actually rallies 30% each year. Then when the market actually drops 10%, he says, "see, I told you". At some point, we all knew that there would be diminishing returns. Marcus and LeCun were so wrong for so long that I've lost all respect for them. Obviously, Zuck has lost respect for LeCun too and stripped him of almost all his power. NYU should be ashamed for employing those 2 clowns and follow Metas lead and move on from them, and start building a reputable AI department.

Off the cuff - the more complex problems an AI can solve w/o tools, the more complex problems it can solve with tools.

Internet drama is the lowest slop of humanity

somehow we changed definition of agi to asi

The funny thing about AGI is that, in the end, it very well may be that no human will call it accurately. It may be somewhat like the coma patient who has been in a coma for years, who one day opens his eyes and says, "I've been here longer than you know, in ways you cannot comprehend."

@WesRoth Appreciate the signal boost and the sharp analysis. You captured the tactical absurdity of the situation perfectly. It's refreshing to see someone break down the 'why' behind the chaos instead of just reacting to it.

“Old man yells at cloud” is a classic Simpsons moment!