Their best model to date and they won’t let the general public use it.

This is the first moment where the whole “permanent underclass” meme starts to come into view. I had through previously that we the consumers would be reaping the benefits of these frontier models and now they’ve finally come out and just said it - the haves can access our best, and have-nots will just have use the not-quite-best.

Perhaps I was being willfully ignorant, but the whole tone of the AI race just changed for me (not for the better).

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younglunaman 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Man... It's hard after seeing this to not be worried about the future of SWE

If AI really is bench marking this well -> just sell it as a complete replacement which you can charge for some insane premium, just has to cost less than the employees...

I was worried before, but this is truly the darkest timeline if this is really what these companies are going for.

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AstroBen 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Of course it's what they're going for. If they could do it they'd replace all human labor - unfortunately it's looking like SWE might be the easiest of the bunch.

The weirdest thing to me is how many working SWEs are actively supporting them in the mission.

	▲	girvo an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Enthusiastically supporting them. It’s quite depressing to watch over the last few years. It’s not like they’re being coy about their aim…

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kypro an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Don't worry – if you're lucky they might decide to redistribute some of their profits to you when you're unemployed =)

Of course this assumes you're in the US, and that further AI advancements either lack the capabilities required to be a threat to humanity, or if they do, the AI stays in the hands of "the good guys" and remains aligned.

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_3u10 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is the playbook since GPT2