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The development also highlights the tension between prominent skeptics and the current progress. Notably, AI critic Gary Marcus previously claimed that AI was far from achieving even a silver medal in the Olympiad. In an ironic twist, he reverse his statement after the model’s astonishing victory, drawing parallels to the way market skepticism often underestimates the pace of technological progress.
This episode serves as a reminder that competent critics often underestimate how far AI can progress in a short period, especially as internal model scaling and reasoning improvements accelerate.