Comment by overfeed

Another victory notch for the "AI Influentist" article[1].

Step 1: thought leader reveals Shocking(tm) AI achievement

Step 2: post gets traction

Step 3: additional context is revealed, dragging the original claim from the realm of the miraculous to "merely" useful.

I don't think Mitchell intentionally misrepresented/exaggerated, but the phenomenon is reccuring. What's the logical explanation for the frequency?

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46623195