The end of an AI that shocked the world: OpenAI retires GPT-4

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/the-ai-that-sparked-tech-panic-and-scared-world-leaders-heads-to-retirement/

by pseudolus • 1 year ago

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xx__yy• 1 year ago

A bit of a nostalgic read, I bet everyone remembers the first time they tried ChatGPT-4, and the conversations about it at gatherings/BBQs.

But I don't feel like it's gotten any better, if anything I feel like it's been "dumbed-down" a bit (possibly from added safeguards/censorship).

AI coding assistants (e.g. Co-Pilot) has made me a more productive developer, but only in the sense that I type less boiler plate (or ceremony code).

unconed• 1 year ago

A bit of a nostalgic read, I bet everyone remembers the first time they tried ChatGPT-4, and the conversations about it at gatherings/BBQs.

No, and no. Never tried it. Nobody in my circles does.

The AI hype bubble illustrated.

People who keep telling me I will be left behind keep not producing all this amazing, flawless, refined software that AI was supposed to build.

creatonez• 1 year ago

So this type of article is going to be written every time a model is deprecated?

GPT-3 is the one that shocked the world.

And the main innovation (transformer with attention) predates it by a few years and was already surprising people in GPT-2

Natfan• 1 year ago

Agreed. For me, GPT-2 was the first time I saw generated text in the wild (thanks r/subredditsimulator!) back in ~2015(?), and GPT-3/ChatGPT was the real model/interface that shocked the world.

The end of an AI that shocked the world: OpenAI retires GPT-4

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