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Sam Altman, in the summer update video:

> "[GPT-5] can write an entire computer program from scratch, to help you with whatever you'd like. And we think this idea of software on demand is going to be one of the defining characteristics of the GPT-5 era."



Cannot believe how it could stand up to that high expectation.

But then again, all of this is a hype machine cranked up till the next one needs cranking.


There are so many people on-board with this idea, hypemen collaborators, that I think they might be safe for a year or two more. The hypers will shout about how miraculous it is, and tell everyone that does not get the promised value that "you are just holding it wrong". This buys them a fair amount of time to improve things.


Yeah.

It does feel like we're marching toward a day when "software on tap" is a practical or even mundane fact of life.

But, despite the utility of today's frontier models, it also feels to me like we're very far from that day. Put another way: my first computer was a C64; I don't expect I'll be alive to see the day.

Then again, maybe GPT-5 will make me a believer. My attitude toward AI marketing is that it's 100% hype until proven otherwise -- for instance, proven to be only 87% hype. :-)


Just like self driving. The last 20% is actually really difficult without AGI


Nit: the featured jumping game is trivial to beat by just continuously jumping.

I’m not sure this will be game changing vs existing offerings


At some point, we ask of the piano-playing dog, not "are you a dog?" but "are you any good at playing the piano?"


It’s okay to ask if the dog is good at playing piano when it’s pitched as as-good-as Mozart.

Don’t get me wrong, this is all very impressive tech. But my first experience with GPT-5 is a presentation with incorrect charts and a game that looks shiny but has serious flaws.


"an entire computer program from scratch" != "any entire computer program from scratch"


Only off by one character, how hard could that be?


How about “can implement any computer program tutorial”. Even then it’s probably not quite true


He said something like "entering the fast fashion era of SaaS" recently.

GPT-5 doesn't seem to get you there tho ...

(Disclaimer: But I am 100% sure it will happen eventually)


Oh I can completely believe this.

"Fast fashion" is not a good thing for the world, the environment, the fashion industry, and arguably not a good thing for the consumers buying it. Oh but it is good for the fast fashion companies.




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