OpenAI’s New Model Is Not What You Think.
“Project Strawberry” and its smoke and mirrors.
I thought the AI hype train was beginning to cool down. However, a few days ago, I was proven catastrophically wrong when my news and social media feeds were flooded with articles regarding OpenAI’s new AI Large Language Model (LLM), code-named “Strawberry,” or o1. According to OpenAI, this model doesn’t just squeeze out demonstrably false knee-jerk responses to your prompts, like its predecessor ChatGPT-4o; instead, it can “think” or “reason” before responding. OpenAI claims this makes “Strawberry” far more accurate than any other LLM. In fact, they claim the model has greatly improved its performance in mathematics, science, and programming and can even score 83% on the qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad, compared with 13% for ChatGPT-4o. Surely this represents a significant leap forward in AI technology? After all, the machine can think, reason, and produce more accurate responses than most other AI systems. Well, unfortunately, no. “Strawberry” is closer in nature to parlour tricks and marketing gimmicks than actual revolutionary technology.
“Strawberry,” or o1 (which are both equally stupid names), wasn’t birthed from some fresh revolutionary algorithm or entirely new approach to AI that allowed the system to develop heightened cognitive…
