One can only hope OpenAI continues down the path they're on. Let them chase ads. Let them shoot themselves in the foot now. If they fail early maybe we can move beyond this ridiculous charade of generally useless models. I get it, applied in specific scenarios they have tangible use cases. But ask your non-tech caring friend or family member what frontier model was released this week and they'll not only be confused by what "frontier" means, but it's very likely they won't have any clue. Also ask them how AI is improving their lives on the daily. I'm not sure if we're at the 80% of model improvement as of yet, but given OpenAIs progress this year it seems they're at a very weak inflection point. Start serving ads so the house of cards can get a nudge.

And now with RAM, GPU and boards being a PitA to get based on supply and pricing - double middle finger to all the big tech this holiday season!