GPT-2 Was 'Just Expensive Autocomplete' Once — Blogger Uses It to Jab Genie Skeptics
gabriberton · x · 2026-11-01
Blogger gabriberton quotes a tweet mocking Google Genie ("what's the point of moving around an imaginary world with WASD keys?") and swaps in GPT-2: "Can we turn it into websites? Into a programmer? Into my job? What are we supposed to do with an expensive auto-complete?"
The joke recalls how GPT-2 was widely dismissed in 2019, suggesting today's skepticism toward Genie-style world models may age just as badly.
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