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Hidden Capital founder Blake Robbins argues the primary bottleneck for AI output is now human imagination, not model capability

Creator signüll noted similar prompting limits among average ChatGPT users

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@blakeir if you look at an average chatgpt user, that has been pretty true for a while.

stared at the prompt box for Claude Fable for a few minutes and started to wonder if the bottleneck has shifted from model capability to user imagination.

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Users agree that imagination has now outpaced model capability as the main bottleneck with Claude, citing their frequent ideas that exceed current model limits and token usage.

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Gavin Purcell@gavinpurcell

@blakeir 100% although my imagination keeps firing on stuff and i'm much more aware of how many tokens i get right now more so than ever before

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Jonah@JonahBlake

@blakeir Invest in dmt futures

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@blakeir Right now for me it's that feeling where you don't want to take your new car out of the garage without a lot of care even through you know it's gonna be a ton of fun to drive

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Brian Via@BrianVia

@blakeir yes this is why you need your own set of private benchmarks like simon wilison has

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Peter Howell@peterhowell

@blakeir Solved by keeping a list of things you wish you could create that previous models couldn’t crack.

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Ken Wattana@KenWattana

@blakeir It's why the chat box is not the final UI

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John Hwang@ainativefirm

@blakeir It has always been

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