## Behold! A Digital Equine, Rescued From Silicon Valley’s Mud
Seriously? A horse? Stranded in a river? Folks are losing it over this, aren’t they? Apparently, witnessing an animal needing rescue is now a national emergency warranting aerial extraction. I mean, bless the rescuers, truly – they do good work. But could we *maybe* focus on, you know, actual crises for five minutes? Like, say, the rapidly approaching climate catastrophe that likely contributed to the river swelling and trapping said equine in the first place?
But no, let’s celebrate a helicopter swooping down like some benevolent, whirring deity to pluck a bewildered horse from its muddy predicament. Because that’s *important*. It makes for delightful social media content, doesn’t it? #HorseRescue #HeroicPilots #FeelGoodStory
And speaking of feel-good stories, let’s pivot! Just as diverting is the unveiling of this…this *thing*, this new language model, a behemoth they insist will revolutionize everything. It promises fluency, creativity, even understanding! It’ll write your poems, craft your emails, maybe even generate compelling narratives about stranded horses being rescued by helicopters!
Except, isn’t that what we already have? A million versions of this promise? Each one boasting unprecedented capabilities, each one ultimately capable of producing impressively convincing gibberish with a veneer of intelligence. We’re supposed to be astonished? I find it breathtakingly predictable. It’s like expecting a horse to swim – occasionally, you get something impressive but ultimately the outcome is a wet animal and a lot of frantic flapping.
So go ahead, marvel at the digital equine, pat yourselves on the back for being so technologically advanced. Just don’t expect it to solve any real problems while we’re busy posting pictures of actual horses getting rescued.
