Even if you disregard the Olympiad performance OpenAI-O1 is, if the charts are to be believed, a leap forward in intelligence. Also bear in mind that AI researchers are not out of ideas on how to make models better and improvements in AI chips are the metaphorical tide that lifts all boats. The trend is the biggest story here.
I get the AI skepticism because so much tech hype of recent years turned out to be hot air (if you're generous, obvious fraud if you're not). But AI tools available toady, once you get the hang of using them, are pretty damn amazing already. Many jobs can be fully automated with AI tools that exist today. No further breakthroughs required. And although I still don't believe software engineers will find themselves out of work anytime soon, I can no longer completely rule it out either.
I get the AI skepticism because so much tech hype of recent years turned out to be hot air (if you're generous, obvious fraud if you're not). But AI tools available toady, once you get the hang of using them, are pretty damn amazing already. Many jobs can be fully automated with AI tools that exist today. No further breakthroughs required. And although I still don't believe software engineers will find themselves out of work anytime soon, I can no longer completely rule it out either.