@karpathy: Judging by my tl there is a growing gap in understanding of AI capability. The first issue I think is around recency an…
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Andrej Karpathy observes a growing gap in public understanding of AI capabilities, attributing it partly to people basing their views on outdated free-tier ChatGPT experiences from a year ago.
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Judging by my tl there is a growing gap in understanding of AI capability. The first issue I think is around recency and tier of use. I think a lot of people tried the free tier of ChatGPT somewhere last year and allowed it to inform their views on AI a little too much. This is
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