It's now possible to take AI for granted.

2024-03-11 · Bits and Bobs 3/11/24

It's reasonable to assume that there will be at least a handful of models from different providers with GPT 3.5 level of quality, cheap cost, and that contractually agree to not log queries.

Of course, it will likely get radically better from here.

This means we can now take magical duct tape for granted.

The disruption will come from a post-AI entity that takes AI for granted.

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