"This is the first time that OpenAI has released a new model that was not decisively the best."
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Brief Summary
GPT-5's release was underwhelming, raising concerns about diminishing returns in LLM advancements.
Key points
- Underwhelming GPT-5 Release. Sammy the Bull Altman dropped GPT-5, but it didn't meet expectations.
- OpenAI's Model Struggles. The router for model selection was broken for hours after release.
- OpenAI's Value Beyond Models. Even without new models, OpenAI remains a valuable company due to its user base.
Transcript
Sammy the Bull Altman dropped GPT5. It was a bit underwhelming. Sam did this tweet. It kind of built a lot of expectation that this would be like otherworldly. It wasn't. Are we hitting like either the trrow of despair or maybe diminishing returns in the LLM space where maybe it's feeling incremental, not groundbreaking when we release these iterations. Maybe for OpenAI, this is the first time that, you know, OpenAI has released a new model that was not decisively the best. In all fairness to OpenAI, the the router that kind of auto selects the right model was apparently broken for the first kind of 12 or 16 hours of the model's release. It wasn't working.
Yeah. It was not working consistently for all users. I mean, the one thing OpenAI is like they are a very good product. Just really, really good. And I just always go back to the statement from Eric Fishria. You know, it might be that if OpenAI never releases another model, they're still a really valuable company because they have so many users and they're so good at product and they do have a lot of distribution.
