A few more thoughts on yesterday’s post: GPT-5.6 will most likely be released next week.
Expectations in this community are high, and if all the “leaks” and pre-release benchmarks are to be believed, we are in for a massive leap in many areas.
But 99% of users will not notice any difference compared with GPT-5.5 at all. There are solid studies on what most users use “chatbots” for: everyday questions and basic medical knowledge. In this area, they will not notice any difference compared with GPT-5.5.
It is as if the revolution were passing them by unnoticed.
Peter is absolutely right here. Outside our AI bubble, I hardly know anyone who really knows what Fable 5 is or what a massive leap these new models represent. ...