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GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price

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  1. gradus_ad · · focus · HN ↗
    Ominous for the industry and investors that token price is becoming the main battleground. Could be Anthropic's rationale for IPOing this year.
    1. mixdup · · focus · HN ↗
      Another piece of evidence on the pile that the sudden panic and desire to "slow down" is because they're hitting the plateau on capability

      Which, honestly, is fine. A lot of juice to squeeze in efficiency and even if models got zero more capable, making the capability that is already here cheaper is a huge win for everyone (except Nvidia)

      1. semiquaver · · focus · HN ↗
        What universe do you live in that you can look at the past six months and see anything like a plateau in capability?

        Edit: removed a comment that was uncharitable and rude, for which I apologize.

        1. ActionHank · · focus · HN ↗
          Have we honestly seen that great a leap in the last 6 months, or just better application of what we had 6 months before that.

          We are seeing multiple frontier models dropping on the same day and no one bats an eye, because it's more of the same.

          1. CuriouslyC · · focus · HN ↗
            The difference between 6 months ago frontier and now frontier in 3d modelling, graphics and video editing is night and day.
            1. ActionHank · · focus · HN ↗
              Just because there are new capabilities, doesn't mean they've pushed passed the plateau, they've just expanded where the previous solutions work.

              We've gone from 80% in some places to 80% in some more places.

              1. CuriouslyC · · focus · HN ↗
                > We've gone from 80% in some places to 80% in some more places.

                Any area that is verifiable will trend inexorably towards 100% over time. In unverifiable areas, it'll always be "80%" because the ubiquity of "AI" style erodes its value, and ">80%" for unverifiable things involves fashion, cachet and "vibes" that humans will probably never knowingly let it have.

                1. ActionHank · · focus · HN ↗
                  Just checked your website, you really drank all the koolaid huh?
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