The Rise of Tools

This is a quick post to note some of my thoughts about the evolution of generative AI. With the release of GPT-5 last week, some of the online conversation reflects disappointment in the progress of the foundational model itself (we have been waiting for GPT-5 since last Fall, right?). This has led to the observation by many that we are going to see a shift from improvements to the foundational models themselves, to the growth and impact of tools.