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by starchild3001 2 hours ago
A few thoughts:

1. Chat, being 3 yr old, is a fairly mature and solved problem today. Top companies aren't even talking about it anymore! Gemma 31B does it amazingly well (for $0.4/1M token output). Practically every near-SoTA and SoTA model does simple "chat-like" QA amazingly well -- summarization, basic question answering, single- or few-step search.

2. Tasks -- or knowledge work on a computer -- are the new frontier. Computers have become competent only recently, and only for some of the tasks so far. I'd guess another 2-3 yr development cycle, after which "el cheapo" models will be virtually indistinguishable from SoTA.

As tasks are the new game in town, AI labs can still charge a premium for it. That premium has disappeared already for chat; most users cannot tell 99% correct answer from 95% correct answer; nor do they always wish for maximum accuracy.

3. What comes after Tasks? I think today's AI startups should figure that one out and solve it before everyone else.

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