Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold – Ethan Mollick

Key points

Technologies become transformative when they cross key capability thresholds.AI is rapidly improving, with significant leaps when crossing these thresholds.

Examples include AI’s enhanced language understanding and image generation.

Tracking these thresholds helps identify when AI becomes truly impactful.

GPT – 4o and more recent Claude Sonnet 3.5 have potentially crossed new thresholds and therefore we should be revisiting their practical and reliable use cases.