Frontier models are great daily drivers, but not superhuman at any broad skill, says AI researcher
lateinteraction · x · 2026-09-13
AI researcher lateinteraction describes his daily reality with frontier models: hours spent 'babysitting them in frustration and disbelief at the frequent errors and slop,' punctuated by brief breaks scrolling takes claiming the same models—or the next generation—are superhuman at everything.
His measured take: by past AI standards these models are extremely good, certainly good enough to be daily drivers for much of what he wants to do. But they are not superhuman at any coherently broad skill he personally cares about—a first-hand counterweight to the 'next gen will be superhuman' narrative.
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