No one here has suggested that the conspiracy theory is stupid (But I will, it is stupid), we are pointing out that the people actually measuring model performance have not found the nerfing before launch conspiracy to be true. in short, yall dumb, shut up.
I think the real story is just how easily people believe that purported conspiracy theory. It speaks to how little trust there is in these AI companies, and in Big Tech in general, that this "conspiracy" theory is perfectly plausible to lots of people
> in short, yall dumb, shut up.
no u