tszzl: 'Sparks' of ability in AI models mean superhuman performance is months-years away
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-11-03
tszzl argues that when you see 'sparks' of any ability in AI models, it means you're months to years away from it being superhuman at that task. "Today grade school math, tomorrow Navier-Stokes." He claims it's hard to overhype these results — you're almost always underhyping. danielmac8 replied that the perspective is eye-opening.
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