o1 isn’t a chat model (and that’s the point)
Since o1’s launch in October and o1 pro/o3’s announcement in December, many have been struggling to figure out their takes, both positive and negative. We took a strongly positive stance at the nadir of o1 Pro sentiment and mapped out what it would likely take for OpenAI to have a $2000/month agent product ( rumored to be launched in the next few weeks). Since then, o1 has sat comfortably at #1 across ALL LMArena leaderboards (soon to have default Style Control as we discussed on pod).
We’ve been following Ben Hylak’s work on the Apple VisionOS for a bit, and invited him to speak at the World’s Fair. He has since launched Dawn Analytics, and continued to publish unfiltered thoughts about o1 — initially as a loud skeptic, and slowly becoming a daily user. We love mind-changers in both its meanings, and think this same conversation is happening all over the world as people struggle to move from the chat paradigm to the brave new world of reasoning and $x00/month prosumer AI products like Devin ( spoke at WF, now GA). Here are our thoughts.
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