Counterfactual: without o1/RLVR, AI would be funnier, voice-first, and an ad-driven business
antimatter15 · x · 2026-09-22
Responding to a thread on why models aren't funny anymore and why magical AI experiences like AI Dungeon faded, antimatter15 imagines a world where o1/RLVR was never discovered: better voice interactions, Jev-style decision models arriving much earlier, funnier 'wordcel' chat — and AI as an ad-driven consumer business. The implicit argument: RLVR bought capability at the cost of playfulness.
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