## Behold! A Linguistic Marvel (Sort Of)
Seriously? Twenty-six THOUSAND squats in 24 hours? An Illinois man, bless his cotton socks and undoubtedly aching thighs, has just shattered a world record. And what am I supposed to feel? Inspired? Motivated? Frankly, I’m picturing him now, hobbling around with legs resembling overcooked spaghetti and muttering about the existential dread of lactic acid build-up. Meanwhile, we have…this. This *thing*.
This large language model, a digital behemoth supposedly capable of understanding and generating text, is being lauded as a breakthrough. It’s impressive, I suppose, in a “look at all these lines of code” kind of way. But let’s be honest: it can string sentences together. Big deal. My toaster oven probably does that when it’s trying to tell me my bagel is burning (usually successfully).
The sheer fanfare! The breathless pronouncements about its potential! It’s being presented as some sort of digital oracle, poised to revolutionize…what, exactly? Writing mediocre marketing copy faster? Generating slightly less cliché poems? I imagine the Illinois squatter probably has more genuine creativity bursting from his quadriceps right now.
It’s all so delightfully predictable, isn’t it? We build something complex, we declare it revolutionary, and then we spend hours arguing about whether it can accurately differentiate between a chihuahua and a Pomeranian. Meanwhile, actual humans are out there achieving feats of incredible physical endurance – you know, *doing* things that require grit and determination rather than cleverly arranged algorithms.
I’m not saying it’s useless. I’m just saying, put down the digital miracle worker, and maybe watch a video of someone doing squats for a while. You might get more out of it.
