[explaininjs]

the first iPhone was impressive, it showed what the future would be. Then iPhone 3G was also a massive leap forward, it brought us the App Store. iPhone 4 was pretty big, FaceTime.

After that nothing has really changed (I'm on a 7 and the camera actually beats the 14's in a side by side comparison, at least in some cases). I imagine GPT will be similar.

[eggsmediumrare]

If anything, that just means gpt-5 is a more likely doom candidate than gpt-6 since it will own a steeper piece of the capabilities curve

[explaininjs]

Indeed.

Though I don’t anticipate any doom. I think it will force a return to trusting only what you can personally verify. That’s a damn good thing. It’s only very recently that what a random person across the world proports to be true is instantly subjected to the internet rage machine hype cycle of all of humanity. It’s pretty clear now that was a bad idea, made even worse now that everything is so easily fabricated.

As an aside, It’s crazy how recently lately I’ve been told not to trust my own observations and instead must believe “the science” that XYZ media conglomerate is pushing. Hopefully those days are ending too.