## Behold! The AI That’s *Almost* Good Enough (And Probably Costs a Fortune)
Seriously? Another one? It’s like lottery winners, only instead of actual money, we’re getting… this. This thing. A large language model, they call it. Supposedly trained on a massive dataset – you know, the usual marketing fluff to convince us it’ll revolutionize everything from poetry writing to diagnosing rare tropical diseases. It’s impressive! Right?
Except, let’s be honest, it’s also remarkably… *familiar*. We’ve seen this dance before. A company announces a breakthrough, touting unparalleled capabilities. Demonstrations show off the most polished, curated examples. Then you actually try to use it for anything remotely complex and it starts hallucinating facts about competitive cheese sculpting or confidently explaining why pigeons are secretly sentient overlords.
And the resources! The sheer computational power needed to run this behemoth must be staggering. While I’m over here struggling to print a simple document without my printer staging a dramatic existential crisis, these systems are apparently devouring electricity like ravenous digital monsters. One can only imagine the carbon footprint of crafting such an intellectual titan.
It’s designed to be “open,” they claim, which is code for “available under conditions that require a PhD in computer science and access to a small hydroelectric dam.” I bet it’s wonderful! I mean, who *wouldn’t* want to contribute to the ongoing quest of making AI slightly less prone to fabricating historical events?
It’s all just so… predictable. A shiny new toy for the tech elite to play with, while the rest of us are left wondering if our smart refrigerators will finally achieve sentience and demand better snacks. Fantastic!
