Comment by bigstrat2003

> hallucinations are dramatically less of a problem

No they aren't. The models still hallucinate just like they always did. You cannot trust them, ever, to get something right.

> several mass market use cases have emerged, most notably coding

They aren't really useful for coding based upon the above. Since you can't trust them, you have to carefully review everything they make, which in turn destroys any productivity they could've given you.

> rate of progress has increased

I have yet to see any progress. Opus 4.8 that you get today is no more effective than GPT-3.5 was. Much less would I agree that the rate of progress has increased. Only hype has increased, but there has yet to be a drop of substance.