Beyond the Prompt

By: Dale Rutherford 8/13/2025 In recent weeks, GPT-5 has been called everything from a triumph of reasoning to a tragic farce. Headlines and social posts have painted a picture of an AI stumbling under the weight of its own hype: Hallucinations Erratic model-switching Odd visual outputs A rollout strategy that blindsided loyal users So, are we seeing the collapse of the “scaling-first” LLM narrative, or just another chapter in AI’s inevitable growing pains? What’s Actually Ha