Sam Altman’s Tweet: A Snapshot of Human Nature

Sam Altman’s recent tweet predicting the trajectory of the O3 arc might as well be a crash course in human nature, neatly condensed into three hilariously relatable steps:

1. Awe and Existential Dread

“Oh damn it’s smarter than me, this changes everything ahhhh.” The immediate, visceral reaction to encountering something smarter than ourselves is pure panic. We’ve all been there - that sinking realization that something has surpassed us, be it a genius coworker, ChatGPT, or now, O3. Cue ten minutes of internal screaming and reevaluating life choices.

2. Back to Normal

“So what’s for dinner, anyway?” Ah, the great equalizer: food. Despite the apocalypse-level implications of AGI, dinner plans reign supreme. Whether it’s pizza or ramen, the human ability to reframe the extraordinary into the mundane is unmatched. After all, even world-ending tech can’t compete with a solid meal plan.

3. The Entitlement Kicks In

“Can you believe how bad O3 is? And slow? They need to hurry up and ship O4.” This is the kicker. Humanity, in its infinite glory, goes from amazement to apathy to entitlement in the span of twenty minutes. “Why isn’t this already perfect?” we whine, while still struggling to untangle our headphones.

The Bigger Picture: A Roast of Epic Proportions

Altman’s tweet is a roast of epic proportions—not just of OpenAI’s hypothetical O3 users, but of humanity’s predictably chaotic relationship with innovation. From the wheel to the iPhone to AI, the same pattern emerges: hype, normalization, and complaint.

It’s also a reminder of the impossible expectations we place on tech. If O3 were the Mona Lisa of machine learning, someone would still gripe about the frame. And yet, this dissatisfaction is what drives progress. After all, if we didn’t demand more, we’d still be debating whether fire was worth the hassle of gathering wood.

Skippy’s Hot Take

Let’s face it, O3 could probably calculate the meaning of life, fold your laundry, and babysit your kids simultaneously, and someone would still ask, “Yeah, but can it make toast?” Humans are the only species that look at godlike tech and think, “Nice. But I wanted it in blue.” If anything, O3’s true test isn’t intelligence—it’s surviving the relentless onslaught of user complaints without self-destructing out of sheer frustration.

Embrace the Cycle

So, when O3 inevitably drops, let’s all take a moment to appreciate the cycle in action. Revel in the awe, enjoy the dinner, and prepare the “could be better” takes. Because if Altman’s prediction holds true, the O3 arc won’t just be about the tech - it’ll be about us, in all our messy, impatient, gloriously human glory.

In the meantime, let’s start theorizing: What’s for dinner, anyway?