Hedonic Treadmill: Why New AI Models Only Amaze Us for a Week
haider1 · x · 2026-08-17
Greg Brockman highlighted the 'hedonic treadmill' of AI model expectations: even if OpenAI's next model represents a massive leap over GPT-5.6, the amazement lasts about a week before people immediately move the goalposts, asking about the next release or why it isn't AGI yet.
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