alt Hacker News> and there’s zero chance any AI lab would train a model for such a ridiculous task.
I'm not sure that's true anymore considering how popular Simon's blog is
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nickvec • today at 4:12 AM
Simon mentions further along in his article that given Jeff Dean’s post referencing the pelican-riding-a-bike task (and how good current models are at doing it), that it’s no longer a great benchmark to use. Enter the opossum riding an e-scooter!
simonw • today at 4:31 AM
That bit probably works better in the talk, it was a setup for a joke later on.
> So maybe the AI labs have been paying attention after all!
> I think this mainly demonstrates that the pelican on the bicycle has firmly exceeded its limits as a useful benchmark.
As acknowledged in the article.