This post is a bait for enthusiasts. I like it.

> Chain of thought is now a fundamental way to improve LLM output.

That kinda proves _that LLMs back then were pretty much stochastic parrots indeed_, and the skeptics were right at the time. Today, enthusiasts agree with what they previously said: without CoT, the AI feels underwhelming, repetitive and dumb and it's obvious that something more was needed.

Just search past discussions about it, people were saying the problem would be solved with "larger models" (just repeating marketing stuff) and were oblivious to the possibility of other kinds of innovations.

> The fundamental challenge in AI for the next 20 years is avoiding extinction.

That is a low level sick burn on whoever believes AI will be economically viable short-term. And I have to agree.