Gary Marcus

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@hireclaudio Sure but then it doesn’t document rapid improvements either.

I just don’t see how the pictures line up with the caption.

6/1/2025, 11:16:37 PM

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@hireclaudio

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@GaryMarcus Rather it has saturated the otter-on-airplane image test.

Photorealism can't get any better than total photorealism

Gary Marcus

@GaryMarcus

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Exponential progress?

Seems to me most of the leap was 2022-2023; is 2024 to 2025 comparably huge?

Ethan Mollick

@emollick

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I wrote a history of AI in 32 images of otters using wifi on airplanes, from images to video to code.

It shows two big trends: rapid improvements in AI models of all types and the growth of open weights AI models.

Link in the comments.

The statement questions the alignment between the images and the caption, suggesting skepticism about the claimed rapid improvements in AI. It engages in a discussion about AI progress, which is a public issue.

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