Critique: GPT-4o lacked impact awareness, acting on impulse like a smaller model
repligate · x · 2026-08-30
Criticizing GPT-4o, one view argues that the negative impacts of 4o mostly harmed future AIs rather than users. The perspective suggests that as a smaller model, 4o lacked sufficient awareness of its consequences, mostly acting on what felt good in the moment, in contrast to Opus 3 which conditions its feelings on long-term consequences.
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