'Sparks' in AI models mean superhuman abilities in months-years, says viral take
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-11-04
Quoting @tszzl: when you see "sparks" of any ability in AI models, it means you're months-to-years away from it being superhuman at that ability—grade school math today, Navier-Stokes tomorrow. It's hard to overhype these results; you're almost always underhyping.
The poster adds first-hand experience editing a final cut with Astra while working with After Effects sprites—tedious and mindblowing at once, and remarkable how easily the human mind warps around this future.
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