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Roughly speaking, the first models astounded the layperson and were scoffed at by the specialist. Between releases of current models, the layperson can't see much improvement while specialists are astounded, roughly speaking of course.
This take probably stems from knuth's essay, its existence possibly being some of the most depressing news I've ever received.
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