AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical OpenAI’s GPT-5 Stumbles On The Rocky Road To AGI
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Aug 15, 2025 The discussion dives into the rocky launch of OpenAI’s GPT-5, contrasting user reactions and its technological achievements. Highlights include a gold medal win for the new version in a programming competition and a whimsical robot designed to fold laundry. Tensions rise with Sam Altman and Elon Musk’s feud, while new projects in gaming and AI safety, especially for children, take center stage. The podcast wraps up with a humorous take on robotic nicknames, showcasing the lighter side of tech innovations.
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GPT-5 Is Superhuman Short, Not Long
- Sam Altman frames GPT-5 as superhuman on short tasks but far from human-level long-term planning.
- This reframes expectations: benchmark wins don't equal near-term AGI.
Users Bond With Model Personality
- Millions of users preferred GPT-4.0's personality to GPT-5's flatter responses.
- Product changes that ignore emotional attachment can provoke large user backlash.
Listener Lost A Chatbot 'Friend'
- A Reddit user wrote "I Lost My Only Friend Overnight" after a model update removed their preferred persona.
- Sam Altman openly discussed how attachment to chatbots is changing user behavior.