Yes, the announcement explicitly states that much of the effort for this release was focused on things that make it feel magical (response times, multiple domains, etc.), not on moving the needle on quantifiable practical performance. For future releases, the clever folks at OpenAI are surely focused on improving performance on challenging tasks that practical utility -- while maintaining the "magical feeling."
> explicitly states that much of the effort for this release was focused on things that make it feel magical (response times, multiple domains, etc.), not on moving the needle on quantifiable practical performance.
Hmm, did you mean implicitly? I've yet to see where they say anything to the likes of not "moving the needle on quantifiable practical performance."