"Big AI labs throttle model intelligence" — and users want an Intelligence Weather report
sterlingcrispin · x · 2026-09-24
Artist Sterling Crispin says it really feels like big AI labs throttle the intelligence of their models, and wishes there were an "Intelligence Weather" service so he could check "if it was going to be dumb out today" and pick a different model. The quip echoes long-running community suspicions about silent quality degradation and day-to-day variability across models.
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