What do I ultimately make of all the new versions of GPT-5?

The practical offerings and how they interact continues to change by the day. I expect more to come. It will take a while for things to settle down.

I’ll start with the central takeaways and how I select models right now, then go through the type and various questions in detail.

Table of Contents

Central Takeaways

My central takes [...]

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Outline:

(00:33) Central Takeaways

(02:55) Choose Your Fighter

(05:43) Official Hype

(21:25) Chart Crime

(27:19) Model Crime

(28:09) Future Plans For OpenAI's Compute

(30:49) Rate Limitations

(32:19) The Routing Options Expand

(33:57) System Prompt

(35:14) On Writing

(41:01) Leading The Witness

(41:59) Hallucinations Are Down

(43:17) Best Of All Possible Worlds?

(47:53) Timelines

(58:25) Sycophancy Will Continue Because It Improves Morale

(01:00:22) Gaslighting Will Continue

(01:01:01) Going Pro

(01:04:09) Going Forward

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First published:
August 13th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4wYKkbkHooeQ4xznf/gpt-5s-are-alive-synthesis

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“GPT-5s Are Alive: Synthesis” by Zvi

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