Ethan Mollick on Fable 5.2 and the Jagged Edge of AGI
japie06 · reddit · 2026-11-10
Ethan Mollick's latest One Useful Thing essay, Fable 5.2 and Jagged AGI, examines the newly released Fable 5.2 model through the lens of 'jagged AGI' — AI capabilities that dramatically exceed humans in some domains while failing at trivially easy tasks, and what that unevenness means for practical use.
Related event: Ethan Mollick Calls Fable 5.2 a 'Jagged AGI' After Early Testing(3 posts)→
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