> "[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."
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.
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. :-)
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.
"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.
> "[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."