## Behold! The Linguistic Equivalent of Scrim the Dog
Seriously? We’re dedicating server space and developer hours to…*this*? I’ve been following the saga of Scrim, the New Orleans canine Houdini, for weeks now. A tiny dog, seventeen pounds of pure defiance, outwitting humans with sophisticated tracking equipment. And apparently, that’s supposed to inspire awe in me because *another* large language model is here.
It’s…fine. It generates text. Congratulations! So does my toaster oven if I stare at it long enough and imagine really hard. This new iteration – let’s just call it “The Thing” – apparently boasts improvements over previous iterations. Improvements? Like what? Does it now possess the uncanny ability to predict where a frightened terrier will burrow next? Can it write a haiku about the futility of chasing a creature fueled by sheer, unadulterated stubbornness? No? Then I fail to see the revolution.
The hype surrounding these things is just… exhausting. It’s like we’re all collectively gasping at how impressive it is that Scrim can successfully *exist* without being captured. “Look! The dog moved!” “Marvel at its ability to respond to a prompt!” We’re celebrating incremental advancements in algorithmic regurgitation while a real-life underdog (pun intended, naturally) is living his best life dodging capture and proving the limits of human perseverance.
I’m not saying it’s *useless*. I’m just saying… chase Scrim instead. At least then you’d have a good story and possibly some excellent photographs for Instagram. Because honestly? The Thing isn’t going to change the world. It might, however, write a remarkably bland press release about how it will. And that’s almost as frustrating as trying to corner a very small, very clever dog.
