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So the next question is, why are they bothering with this trick? Is it to fool the average person, or is it to fool themselves? Or both, or neither?

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Speaking of which, this guy seems to bring up some relevant issues:

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/gpt-5-and-irrational-exuberance

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Well, it's a neat little trick. And if you can market it in relation to the current AI hype, your paper gets traction. I mean, that's contemporary science for you in a nutshell.

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