It won't stay like that for long, just like Glasswing more and more oligarch companies will be added, and some of these companies spend -hundreds of millions- on tokens. Then like I said, it finally gets released to the public, and this insider group gets access to the next level of intelligence.
They make massive money on the corporate partners who are paying premium API usage. It's not permanent, they eventually provide access to the plebs but that 3-6 month gap where a select few have extra capability are enough to cement the underclass. These tech oligarchs will systematically destroy all competitors and wipe out all startups with this lead, which will be perpetual in the sense that when you're getting access to the Mythos, they're already getting access to the new Mythos++. A small oligarchy class will have a constant lead on the plebs.
Imagine you want to start a new AI company to develop frontier models. You spend billions. You succeed. You have a new SOTA model to release. But you're not allowed. This regulation has just made it impossible for any competitors in the space unless they're already trillion dollar companies who can afford to have their only product locked up for months or forever.
@MatthewBerman@AlThingsF1nanc3 Ya they're cementing a permanent underclass, and the precedent is set. A handful of top tech companies (and gov) will have months of frontier access before the underclass, cementing their lead, and wiping out all small competition. The dystopia we're headed for will be total.
I think very intentional (they may attempt PR and call it a "bug" later after they've caused a ton of upgrades). It all started after Fable left, they probably saw usage spike after the Fable release initially took users away, and then they start ratcheting down to get people to upgrade after it left and usage returned. They need quick upgrades because if Fable returns people likely won't upgrade, and they also know their own timelines for any Fable rival. When dealing with huge numbers of users (100s of millions) you move the new needle a few percent and you've generated hundreds of millions potentially billions in revenue. They would be almost negligent as a company if they -were not- doing this.
The worst part is that they can literally use their own AI to determine the exact amount of pain needed to push someone higher. Especially if someone appears to ONLY be using openai, they don't have an alternative so you can apply more pressure to those people to upgrade. Without a doubt they're testing probably dozens of variations of this pain-to-conversion pipeline.
I do believe that like all AB testing systems, its probably not applied equally to all users, but different segments based on their usage history and the likelihood of causing an upgrade.
Stripe has just arbitrarily and without warning closed my account and frozen all my funds despite never having a single issue, refund, dispute or anything. And I cannot no matter what I do speak to a human, it's all automated "Sorry good luck" messages. The dystopia we're heading to is unparalleled in all history.
@jeremykauffman These are the opening shots of the war that will produce the permanent underclass. A small clique will perpetually have access to frontier intelligence for months (if not longer) before the plebs, cementing their positions.
@LLMJunky It's wild that Sam Altman, arguably the most hatable person in history has been outdone by another AI CEO. Like what are the odds that two megalomaniacs want to birth and control super power intelligence? Right??
@LLMJunky A small group of companies (and Gov) will always be several months ahead of the plebs with access to frontier intelligence. These are the opening shots of the war that will create the permanent underclass, as this small clique cements their lead forever.
@ns123abc A small group of companies and Government always having access to SOTA intelligence months ahead of the plebs. I am certain this will end just fine.