## Behold! A Giant Fish, and Equally Gigantic Disappointment
Right then. Let’s talk about this… *thing*. This language model, apparently capable of astounding feats. They’re presenting it like a rescued ocean sunfish – majestic, vulnerable, requiring our awe and gentle care. Except instead of being a magnificent creature struggling to return to the sea, it’s more like a bloated, slightly confused jellyfish that occasionally spasms in a vaguely helpful direction.
Honestly, the fanfare! The breathless anticipation! You’d think we were about to witness artificial general intelligence emerge blinking into existence. Instead? We got…words. Lots of them. Arranged in sentences. Groundbreaking stuff, I know.
And don’t even *start* me on the “open” aspect. Open like a sardine can – you can look inside, sure, but try to actually *do* anything with what’s rattling around in there without feeling profoundly frustrated. It generates text! Wonderful! But is it insightful? Original? Does it possess even a scintilla of genuine understanding? Please. Let’s not insult anyone’s intelligence.
It’s the AI equivalent of that friend who always has an opinion on everything, but whose opinions are mostly regurgitated soundbites and slightly misremembered facts. “I’m very insightful about geopolitics,” it might declare, before confidently asserting that Switzerland is a major oil producer.
Look, I appreciate the effort, truly. But let’s not pretend this is some monumental leap forward. It’s a step. A tiny, somewhat wobbly step in a direction we were already heading. And frankly, I’d rather be staring at an actual ocean sunfish, appreciating its sheer absurdity and undeniable existence, than wrestling with another algorithm that promises the world and delivers…well, words. Just words.
