> but even Claude, which is huge for coding and arguably the best model right now, is tiny. I've had an interaction with someone nontechnical who, after seeing the Claude logo bounce, asked me why my ChatGPT had fireworks

So they had used ChatGPT enough to recognize that you were using a different tool?

I don’t see this as contradicting anything. Even the nontechnical people in your life are familiar with these tools because they’re using them.