@reach_vb: GPT-4 was the first time an LLM felt useful and practical, with early signs of what felt like “intelligence” I still re…
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A user reflects on GPT-4 as the first LLM that felt useful and practical, four years after its training finished, expressing excitement for what comes next.
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GPT-4 was the first time an LLM felt useful and practical, with early signs of what felt like “intelligence”
I still remember being excited by its code completions and testing what it knew and where its knowledge cut off, with the most random prompts
Can’t wait to see what the next four years bring!
Greg Brockman (@gdb): GPT-4 finished training four years ago today.
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