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Caveated [1] or not, the "concluding" paragraphs [2] are not a summary of the article. Neither are they well-supported nor convincing; they are sweeping, unrelated generalizations.

Notes:

1. The caveat at the top states "NOTE: This post is not up to my normal writing standard, just felt compelled to get this down in some form. This is more like a blog post entry than a real newsletter addition."

2. The article's final paragraphs are: "Long story short / Thinkers have a pattern where they are so divorced from implementation details that applications seem trivial, when in reality, the small details are exactly where value accrues. / Should you be worried about GPT5 being used to automate vulnerability detection on websites before they’re patched? Maybe. / Should you be worried GPT5 is going to interact with social systems and destroy our society single-handedly? No absolutely not."

P.S. Pedantic timestamp: the quotes above are taken on 12:24 pm eastern time, May 29. Well, this may seem pedantic until the author updates the blog post and then this comment seems erroneous. It is notable that we still don't have a well-accepted standard for snapshotted content.



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