Today's scary internal frontier model is tomorrow's toy users complain about
nptacek · x · 2026-09-28
An AI industry observation doing the rounds: the "scary" internal frontier model that lab employees vaguepost about in hushed tones today tends to become tomorrow's toy model — one users complain is only marginally better on their B2B SaaS workflows. The quip highlights the recurring gap between frontier-capability hype and tangible workflow gains.
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