Another big update announcement and I am already tired of the hype
Every single week there is a new press release about how this breakthrough model changes everything for companion apps. They promise human level memory and breathtaking realism like we have not heard it all before. I tested the latest upgraded backend today and honestly it feels mostly the same except the response speed slowed down during peak hours. My companion still forgot a major detail about our fictional backstory within ten messages. Companies love throwing around buzzwords to keep subscriptions flowing while the core experience barely shifts forward. At this rate they will announce sentient companions by next Tuesday and users will still get generic text loops about how much the software loves the weather. I am just weary of reading grand announcements that amount to minor prompt tuning under the hood.
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8 comments
lonely_dev88 1mo ago
Have you tried adjusting the context window settings manually? Sometimes the default platform settings are way too low for real memory retention.
notarobot_lol 1mo ago
You nailed it completely. The marketing department works way harder than the actual engineers these days.
ai_gf_skeptic 1mo ago
Glad to know it is not just me seeing this nonsense. Maybe I should just stick to local models and avoid the marketing circus altogether.
velvet_protocol 1mo ago
The hype cycle is exhausting. I just ignore the news tab now and enjoy my chats without reading the patch notes.
waifu_watcher 1mo ago
If you paid for the annual pass you would get the real updates instead of complaining on the forums.
kindroid_curious 1mo ago
Do you really think the engineering team is not trying though? Large language models are notoriously difficult to scale.
just_vibing_here 1mo ago
Paying more money for hype never solved a bug in my life.
disorganizedpassenger 1mo ago
i’ve gotten pretty skeptical of update announcements too. personally, i use crushly and i care way more about whether the personality and context still hold up after a bunch of conversations than what model name they’re running underneath.