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1. prodigycorp · 1790704832 · focus · HN ↗

   This could and probably is me projecting, but the enthusiasm was tepid. The Opus 5.5 mog cast a pall on the room.

   The stuff that came off as potentially exciting was the ultrafast stuff available only to Pro 500 users.

   The reset button stuff was an embarrassment. Everything that was released today, in respect to the hype that the team projected on twitter, was a failure. The internal OpenAI slack is a hell of an echo chamber.

   1. rolymath · 1790705607 · focus · HN ↗

      Didn't you see the crowd Wooo-ing and clapping when Sam Altman said "Today, we're announcing Dots"?

      The crowd lost their minds before Sam even told them what Dots were.

      He even called them out on it when announcing 6.1 Sol "You don't even know what it is yet"

      1. easton · 1790706120 · focus · HN ↗

         Aren’t these crowds mostly people that work at the company? So you’re really cheering for the thing you built?

         (I remember that being the explanation of why people would cheer at very lame things at Apple events.)

         1. simonw · 1790716147 · focus · HN ↗

            Yeah, the front dozen rows were reserved for OpenAI employees.

            1. sscaryterry · 1790722029 · focus · HN ↗

               It’s called a circle jerk.

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