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How does O1 break down problems into steps? While prior models memorized content, O1 adds a layer where it thinks about how to arrive at the right sequence of steps to do more complex tasks and get the right answer.

Garry Tan

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Garry Tan1 year ago

Why OpenAI's o1 Is A Huge Deal | YC Decoded

Romain Lacombe1 year ago

Just a note Garry: it's not a layer, CoT is all happening in-context.

SLOMP1 year ago

keeping yc founders on the bleeding edge

protomemetic1 year ago

Appreciate this video. Just last night I asked o1 what it meant by "thinking" and it told me to stop asking.

[email protected] 🌐 - e/acc1 year ago

Sim to First Principal thinking 🤔

djcows1 year ago

i see pizza math problem solving, i press like

Steven Musielski1 year ago

This is incredible Garry. WOW.

Dennis Hackethal1 year ago

@ycombinator No model ever ‘memorized’ or ‘thought’ about anything. Stop using misleadingly humanizing verbiage and spreading this false advertising

DWA 🌊 🚀1 year ago

Keep hyping guys…

Jon_D1 year ago

I wonder what the next thinking process upgrade will be! Definitely a fascinating breakthrough. What do you think is next?

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