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ChatGPT 5.4 Thinking is very strong. Is anyone else impressed by this thing? No one (ie, people in the streets, co-workers at non-tech job, people at bars) has yet said to me "AGI is here." Am I missing something?
No comment on version 5.4 specifically, but as they say, the future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed. In this curious case, the thing that causes uneven distribution isn't money (speaking of people in developed countries where most families can easily afford $20 a month), but... dunno, willingness to give it a try?
I don't remember whether it was the same in the past, e.g. whether people used to insist that google search is just a fad that will soon go away. But I remember how 25 years ago many people who were in their 40s insisted that it do... (read more)