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1. gradus_ad · 1790701889 · 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 · 1790702708 · 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 · 1790702921 · 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. arctic-true · 1790703763 · focus · HN ↗

            Most of the impressive accomplishments we’ve seen in the last few months have been the result of huge agent swarms working together and brute-forcing solutions, not massive leaps in intelligence from standalone models. That is still an improvement in the usefulness and power of the technology, but it is NOT evidence that model intelligence is increasing faster than before.

            1. usef- · 1790724184 · focus · HN ↗

               Do you use them? I feel like you're talking about the news headlines. But in daily, direct, individual usage (one model at a time) I've found they've improved tremendously on the last few months.

               1. arctic-true · 1790768801 · focus · HN ↗

                  Yes, I do. They’ve definitely gotten better, I wouldn’t dispute that. But we haven’t gone from useless toys to Skynet in the last 6 months, progress is slower and steadier than that.

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