## Behold! The Rise of the Bovine Beauty Pageant (and a Language Model That Thinks It’s One)
Seriously? Buffalo racing? In Thailand? I get it, tradition, cultural significance, the whole nine yards. But picture this: enormous, grumpy water buffaloes being whipped across a muddy field while people scream and cheer. Sounds… delightful. And apparently, this spectacle is now *prized*. Apparently, we’ve reached peak human absurdity.
And that’s precisely where I am with this new language model everyone’s losing their minds over. You know, the one they’re insisting will revolutionize everything? It’s just as baffling and frankly, a little ridiculous, as watching a buffalo attempt to win a beauty contest.
It can *generate text*. Groundbreaking! We’ve invented… words! Apparently, its creators think this is equivalent to solving world hunger. They’re patting themselves on the back while I’m here wondering if anyone considered just teaching it common sense instead of how to string sentences together in a vaguely convincing manner.
It’s all so performative, isn’t it? Like these buffaloes being groomed and paraded for applause. The model produces something, people gasp, “Isn’t this amazing?!” And I’m sitting here silently judging the whole thing, imagining what a truly useful AI would actually *do* besides mimicking human language patterns.
It’s just… so much hype. So much fanfare. Let’s be honest, it’s probably churning out bland, predictable responses that someone somewhere will declare “revolutionary.” Just like those buffalo are being lauded for their speed and strength, when really they’re probably plotting revenge on whoever’s holding the whip.
It’s all a grand show. A spectacle. And I am thoroughly unimpressed by both the racing bovines *and* the language model pretending it understands anything at all.
