Author's Reflection on AI Capabilities and Unbelievable Discoveries
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Summary
The article discusses the author's skepticism towards AI capabilities and a recent discovery in SFO that challenges what is considered possible.
Key quotes
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Every time I find out something that works, which should not be possible, it pushes me further and further, making me think that we are already in post-AGI territory.
I was sitting next to a mate at a pub; it was pretty late, and we were just talking about LLM capabilities,
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