Been scrolling through AI discussions lately and stumbled across this fascinating chart showing the emotional rollercoaster we’ve all been on with AI development over the past few years. The graph perfectly captures what someone described as the “it’s so over” to “we’re so back” vibes that seem to define our relationship with artificial intelligence progress.

Looking at those peaks and valleys, it really does feel like we’re all passengers on some sort of collective emotional pendulum. One minute everyone’s convinced we’ve hit the dreaded “AI wall” and progress has stagnated, the next minute there’s a breakthrough that has us all believing the singularity is just around the corner.

You know that feeling when you’re scrolling through your feeds and something catches your eye that seems almost too good to be true? Well, that happened to me yesterday when I stumbled across discussions about Google’s latest Gemma model release. The initial excitement was palpable - people were practically salivating over what they thought was a 270B parameter model. The reality? A humble 270M parameters.

The collective “oh” that rippled through the AI community was almost audible. One moment everyone’s planning how they’ll squeeze a 270 billion parameter behemoth onto their rigs, the next they’re sheepishly admitting they misread the specs. It’s like showing up to what you thought was going to be a massive warehouse sale only to find it’s actually a small garage sale in someone’s driveway.