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Fable 5 – Median thinking declined in August

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  1. talon8635 · · focus · HN ↗
    Could there be a benefit to releasing a new model, slowly dumbing it down over a couple months, then releasing a new model that’s marginally if at all better than the original to create a perceived improvement when in reality there isn’t really one?

    For an industry that’s stagnant in progress yet relies on new frequent releases to survive (non-progress being an existential risk), this could make sense.

    I have no idea if that’s what’s happened, I completely pulled it out of my butt. And I have no idea is the actual frontier is stagnating.

    1. raincole · · focus · HN ↗
      AI just solved a millennium problem two weeks ago. "The pace is insane. And there is no reason to be this fast." to quote Terence Tao word by word.

      HN: Well, must be a stagnant industry...

      1. talon8635 · · focus · HN ↗
        I literally said I have no idea if it’s stagnant. My entire comment is a hypothetical. Perhaps you didn’t have the patience to read all 4 sentences?
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