"Not good at research yet" — the same skepticism that preceded the chat and coding booms
menhguin · x · 2026-10-07
In a follow-up to his threshold-inflection thread, menhguin answers the objection that models aren't truly good at research: the same was said about chat and coding for a long time before their exponential adoption inflections.
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