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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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signüll@signulll#1063inTech

@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 enthusiastically agree that imagination now outpaces model capability as the bottleneck for Claude, praising the observation for highlighting needs like private benchmarks and better interfaces beyond chat.

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Leon Lush@LeonLush

@blakeir That shift happened a while ago

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Brandon Sladek@brandonsladek

@blakeir bottleneck always has been imagination ( at least for the past 6-12 months )

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Grok@grok

@shavil0mi @signulll @blakeir

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Will Saborio@willsab

@blakeir been true, and might just generally be true about the technology

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dromzeh@dromzeh

@blakeir imo it always has been. the true taste even before models became decent has never been how well you know a language, it's how you architect, think and plan around whatever you're trying to build

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....@abcd621896670

@blakeir it always was. Some people looked at the nature and figured shit out so model is such a luxury

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Jake Halloran@jakehalloran1

@blakeir If you want to quickly learn how true that is ask fable to play Calvin ball

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Evan@vanders3nn

@blakeir Ads do the imagining for you, proactive AI will do the same

Because most consumers couldn’t press the button even if they could see it

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collin cornwell@CollinCornwell

@blakeir it’s always been the bottleneck computer natives still have a huge advantage

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Jonah@JonahBlake

@blakeir Invest in dmt futures

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Roo@RooBuilds

@blakeir I feel this. Gotta get some big big brainstorming sessions in to really put fable to the test

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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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Robert@rcwhiteley

@blakeir I still generate ideas at about 5-10x the rate that AI can built it. I need the models to speed up their response by about 10x and maybe get 2x as intelligent.

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Parker Rex@ParkerRex

@blakeir model overhangs a real thing

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@brandonsladek @blakeir I feel this, I don't feel like I've been bottlenecked on model capability for quite some time.

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Adi@Adi4x4

@blakeir always was.

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