[alexmuro]

It's crazy how little has changed and how much had changed. I remember what a revelation "the unreasonable effectiveness of RNNs" was when I was read it and it feels like we live in a different world.

[benreesman]

I think we could collectively more constructive and sober conversation if we kept that 2015 bit of work as a sort of baseline.

The new stuff is better, by a lot, and with implications more to come.

But those of us paying attention then had a frame of reference where “so much better it’s crazy” still stops short of “it’s out of control”.

It’s a lot better.