Why do old models get dumber before launches? Lab party, says joking X post
glcst · x · 2026-11-11
Responding to the "open secret" that model providers degrade previous flagship models before a new release, @glcst offers a tongue-in-cheek explanation: there's just a big party in the labs beforehand, and the old model simply gets drunk — the apparent 30-IQ-point drop is merely the alcohol.
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