# Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

**Date:** 2023-05-22  
**Author:** Kees C. Bakker  
**Original:** https://keestalkstech.com/notes/just-calm-down-about-gpt-4-already/

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Love the article about generative AI and where this is going. One quote really resonates:

> But in that “Seven Deadly Sins” article, I said that one of the deadly sins was how we humans mistake performance for competence.

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                Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already
                And stop confusing performance with competence, says Rodney Brooks
                                    spectrum.ieee.org
                            
        
    ](http://spectrum.ieee.org/gpt-4-calm-down)