When OpenAI raced through 3/3.5/4 it was "this team ships" and excitement.
This cargo-cult hate train is getting tiresome. Half the comments on anything Google-related are like this now, and it doesn't add anything to the conversation.
The difference, though, as someone who really doesn't have a particular dog in this fight, is that I can go use GPT-4 right now, and see for myself whether it's as exciting as the marketing materials say.
When OpenAI launched GPT-4, API access was initially behind a waitlist. And they released multiple demo stills of LMM capacilities on launch day that for months were in a limited partner program before they became generally available only 7 months later.
I also want the shiny immediately when I read about it, but I also know when I am acting entitled and don't go spam comment threads about it.
But really, mostly I mean this: It's fine to criticize things, but when half a dozen people have already raised a point in a thread, we don't need more dupes. It really changes signal-to-noise.
Gemini Ultra was announced two months ago. It just launched in the last week. It literally is still the featured post on the AI section of their blog, above this announcement. https://blog.google/technology/ai/
There’s “this team ships” and there’s “ok maybe wait until at least a few people have used your product before you change it all”.
Did OpenAI then announce GPT-5 two weeks after launching GPT-4?
No, of course they didn’t. And you’re comparing one specific feature (image input) and equating it to a whole model’s release date.
Maybe compare apples to apples next time.
People pointing out release/announcement burnout is a reasonable thing; people in general can only deal with the “next new thing” with some breaks to process everything.
