I think that’s the point though, a true inner happiness is very compressible—it looks like contentedness which naturally looks more same-same then constant envy and churn

“Every happy family is alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”

Ayy, thanks

Ok yeah but if I’m understanding right (maybe not relevant to GM, more just about general trends) it’s not about “scaling”, but rather it’s about data mix/ quality, algos and architectures?

I’m dense … what is he wrong about?

My read is that if GPT-5 is scaled up then pure scaling does not work (from evaluating the model… and if it is not scaled up then OAI must have try pure scaling up and it did not work.

This is an example of the evils of specialization: a man must not write on Plato h less he has spent so much of his youth on Greek as to have no time for the things that Plato thought important.”

P.132 “It is noteworthy that modern Platonists, without exception are ignorant of mathematics, in spite of the immense importance that Plato attached …

more indefensible? Is there any position that is, in practice, more required for the purposes of sane and productive development?

p. 117-8 "Plato is convinced that there is 'the Good,' and that its nature can be ascertained, when people disagree about it, one, at least, is making an intellectual error, just as much as if the disagreement were a scientific one on some matter of fact"

Is there any position that is, in practice,

LLMs and the implantation of certain "myths" by certain folks...

Conceptually lies in opposition to the idea of certain (successful) groups having shibboleths and common lies.