Denver, May 13th 2025,<\/p>\n
Right now, it feels as though the leading consumer\u2011grade LLMs have reached, or are on the brink of reaching, human\u2011level intelligence.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re standing in a strange, exhilarating calm, like the eye of a hurricane, certainly seems like an inflection point.<\/p>\n
The next generation of models could easily outstrip us, and the consequences are anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n
One day, will we look back on this moment but I wonder if it will be like the last of the good or the bad old days.<\/p>\n
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