Episode 44: OpenAI's Ridiculous 'Reasoning', October 28 2024

The company behind ChatGPT is back with bombastic claim that their new o1 model is capable of so-called "complex reasoning." Ever-faithful, Alex and Emily tear it apart. Plus the flaws in a tech publication's new 'AI hype index,' and some palette-cleansing new regulation against data-scraping worker surveillance. References: OpenAI: Learning to reason with LLMs How reasoning worksGPQA, a 'graduate-level' Q&A benchmark systemFresh AI Hell: MIT Technology Review's AI 'AI hype index' CFPB Ta...