DeepSeek R1 panic is not the first time the AI world has had this reaction
kevinnbass · x · 2026-07-23
A short comment notes that the current panic around DeepSeek R1 is not unprecedented: the AI community has seen a similar “freak-out” moment before.
The point is less about new facts and more about the recurring pattern of people overreacting to major model jumps, then normalizing them later.
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