I remember when GPT-4 came out and the perceived performance upgrade seemed underwhelming for a major release compared to 3.5, especially how there were graphics going around showing the parameter size dwarfing the last model before it came out. It looked like we were past the perceivable differences from release to release that were immediately identifiable. Now the jump between 5 to 5.5 and 5.6 alone has changed how a lot of people approach AI, including me. Interested to see where it goes with 6.

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redox99 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The jump from 3.5 to 4 felt gigantic to me back then.

GPT 5.0 did feel underwhelming though.

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sanex 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Agree but it's helpful to remember how we were personally benchmarking. I remember people saying stuff like "haha I asked gpt4 for xyz function and the typescript didn't even compile". We're so far beyond that now, we just adapt quickly.

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udbhavs 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Oops, I might have been misremembering then. Maybe I meant 4 to 5

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l3x4ur1n 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, no, I also remember 3.5 -> 4 and the general sentiment was that it was underwhelming. I guess we all expected absolute miracles from the models. I think our expectations sobered up a little since then.

	▲	kypro 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		4.1 was the first decent 4-series model. It was significantly better than previous generations at tool calling if I'm recalling correctly.

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redox99 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah 5 was very underwhelming.

	▲	abixb 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The couldn't even get the bar chart right, iirc. [0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1mk8tm8/gpt5_c...

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alasano 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

GPT 4 to 5.5 felt about the same as 3.5 to 4 to me.