2025-08-11
@GaryMarcus Dario was on every podcast a year ago saying that AGI was imminent in 2027 and that everything shows that the scaling laws hold and all we need is a bigger cluster
Marcus on AI
GPT-5's release was underwhelming, offering incremental improvements and failing to meet expectations, showing that pure scaling simply isn't the path to AGI
and he's not alone Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder : GPT-5 is here and Gary Marcus is not impressed Laura Varley / Silicon Republic : Altman admits GPT-5 currently ‘way dumber’ ...
@GaryMarcus Dario was on every podcast a year ago saying that AGI was imminent in 2027 and that everything shows that the scaling laws hold and all we need is a bigger cluster
Gizmodo
Sam Altman says OpenAI will bring back GPT-4o to ChatGPT and raising reasoning model rate limits for free and Plus users, as usage of reasoning models increases
The move is a stunning reversal, proving that even the most powerful AI company can't ignore a mutiny from its loyal user base.
2025-05-09
As someone who was a Whoop customer but dropped it because it just wasn't worth the premium price this update is a big “meh”. It basically just adds a bunch of other scores that are cool at first but not that actionable over time, since the recommendations are not crisp. No
The Verge
Whoop launches Whoop 5.0, its latest screenless wearable, including a medical grade version with Healthspan, showing users how they are aging physiologically
It's appealing to non-athletes with more affordable subscriptions and more advanced health features like EKGs.
Whoops' core problem is that they've become the Crocs of fitness wearables. Wearing one went from a positive signal (I'm serious about my health that I pay $30/mo and wear this weird band) to a negative one (I'm so obsessed with my health I wear this weird band on my wrist even
The Verge
Whoop launches Whoop 5.0, its latest screenless wearable, including a medical grade version with Healthspan, showing users how they are aging physiologically
It's appealing to non-athletes with more affordable subscriptions and more advanced health features like EKGs.
WHOOP doesn't actually sell customers the ability to see their data and make informed choices. It actually sells the ability to for their customers to FEEL like they are “serious about their health” and signal that to others while doing almost nothing different. However, over
The Verge
Whoop launches Whoop 5.0, its latest screenless wearable, including a medical grade version with Healthspan, showing users how they are aging physiologically
It's appealing to non-athletes with more affordable subscriptions and more advanced health features like EKGs.