GPT-5 Hangover | Martin's blog
Yesterday, I watched the first part of the GPT-5 presentation, but only after the incredible comments started pouring in on HN. More on that in a moment, but the impression this presentation made on me was just as disastrous as the whole AI bubble I'm currently feeling. Sam Altman's introduction is simply unappealing and comes across as a dishonest know-it-all from days gone by. The team he then gradually brought in – oh my God. All very young nerds with no charm, no rough edges – they may be AI experts, but they have no life experience and no wavelength that you can relate to. The whole interior and setting looked like it came from a catalog or was already AI-generated. I felt like I was in a terribly sterile artificial world with artificial people and an artificial theme – but that fit the content.
And right at the beginning, there was the wrong graphic in the presentation of the programming benchmarks. The HN comments summed it up well – there's simply no excuse for this kind of presentation and company evaluation. And it's not a mistake that can be recognized, discussed, and then put aside. It says so much about the quality, culture, and hubris of those responsible that I'm really surprised why various press reports on day 2 don't comment on it and only reflect the characteristics, expectations, and assessments of the product itself.
