Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

Why GPT-5 was never going to impress you


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GPT-5 was the most advanced AI when it was released, but most people were disappointed. Why? 

In this episode, I unpack the two key paradoxes that shape how we judge new technology: shifting goalposts and negative space.

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(0:00) The reaction to GPT-5 

(0:40) First paradox 

(2:55) Second paradox 

(5:29) Why this matters 

Dig deeper: https://www.exponentialview.co/p/the-paradox-of-gpt-5  

Production by supermix.io and EPIIPLUS1 Ltd, including Chantal Smith, Marija Gavrilov, Nathan Warren and Hannah Petrovic.


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