Matthew Barnett on AI

This is a good time to reflect on the "AI effect". Before a benchmark is solved, people often think we'll need "real AGI" to solve it. Then, afterwards, we realize the benchmark can be solved using mere tricks. Will this benchmark fall in the same way? Honestly, I'm not sure.🧵

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Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
The opening line stands alone, so it reads completely before the post is expanded.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

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Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal
Written for: People building with AI

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