in my new piece for the @MTSlive substack I write about the last few weeks of bad vibes at the labs.
some of this is down to what you might call "unforced errors." but the labs have responded quickly to their own mistakes, and with a candor and seriousness that surprised even me, a lab optimist.
personally, I think a big chunk is attributable to growing pains. openai and anthropic, particularly, are speedrunning in months the transition from new startup to Power That Needs To Be Held Accountable that took google and facebook years.
like everything in AI, expect it to accelerate.
full piece here:
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