Re:Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
by emanuele232 on Monday September 14, 2026 @04:02AM
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that's the point, it is clear the the bar to determine if llms are useful / intelligent is being moved every time these systems improve, but it is starting to fell like people are in denial.
we are seeing significant progress, at a rate we are absolutely not used to experience.
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Re:Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
by card_zero on Monday September 14, 2026 @04:14AM
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They deny what: that they're very impressed, that they think it's cool, that their minds are blown, that they really really like it? Denying these things is allowed, you know.
Re:Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
by tripzilch on Monday September 14, 2026 @05:16AM
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you forget the bar was moved very far down with all the slop we're experiencing with images, music and especially code
you can't claim "you keep moving the bar", if the very first thing when an LLM drooled out a piece of code, was to proclaim "this is good enough cause it gets the job done" followed by a barrage of "we're not quite there yet but exponentials or something, so very soon it'll be incredible"
yeah, from there it sure looks like "moving up the bar"
Re:Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher
by tripledry on Monday September 14, 2026 @08:48AM
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Im very impressed by the technology, I must admit that I didn't expect it to advance this fast.
But, at the same time, I'm really tired of there always being some shroud of dishonesty (ex. navier stokes and the two mathematicians working on it).
At this point my default is that I don't blindly trust the companies, I try to keep in mind they are trying to sell their product and win market share, there are so many perverse incentives at play I just can't take anything at face value.