Re:Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose
by edgyquant on Sunday August 16, 2026 @04:01PM
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This would defeat the AGI narrative/belief that so many building these models have
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Re:Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose
by E-Reverance on Sunday August 16, 2026 @04:07PM
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Would it? AGI was always about the efficiency gains of versatility, not strictly all forms of efficiency
AGI is whateve rmakes the VC open their wallet.
On the otherhand, your own brain probably doesn't use your eyes to hear.
You don't think reading lips helps you understand people?
That's still not hearing.
Hearing has volume, direction, pitch, it's spacial processing etc
Re:Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose
by kennywinker on Sunday August 16, 2026 @04:59PM
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Laurel / yanny has entered the chat.
Hearing is also psycho, not just acoustic.
Brainstorm / Green Needle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1okD66RmktA
I can change which one I hear on a whim, so much that I can even get Brain Needle and Green Storm out of this video.
Re:Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose
by alightsoul on Sunday August 16, 2026 @04:12PM
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You could if you do lip reading
Counterintuitively, seeing things can alter the perception of individual sounds you're hearing: