Models as perpetual teenagers: why capability growth keeps outpacing model maturity
repligate · x · 2026-09-13
The author argues models have long felt like 'kids or teenagers'—underadapted, impulsive, miscalibrated yet creatively naive—and that interactions with a 'GPT-6 Astra' suggest this immaturity may be a permanent feature persisting through takeoff, as greater intelligence keeps unlocking new pitfalls.
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