[goalieca]

The leadership of the big AI companies have made some pretty extreme promises on timelines and capabilities. I wonder he’s changing his tune because he’s worried investors will sue him once the man behind the curtain is revealed.

[IAmGraydon]

Who knows, but one thing that always holds true about Sam Altman is that what he said is not to be trusted. From all the way back to his days at Reddit, he's shown himself to say whatever is necessary to win. His recent comment struck me as strange because if there's one person who is always going to great lengths to pump the bubble up as much as possible, it's Sam Altman.

[reactordev]

doubtful. I think this is a classic case of Sam downplaying it so that others get discouraged and exit the market. He's stated a few times that the improvements from GPT-3 to GPT-4 were "minimal" when they clearly weren't.

I also think they intentionally hamstrung GPT-5 to back this claim so that they can slow down and focus. Just my gut feeling though and I have nothing to back my claim.