> they meant that to be interpreted as a statement of how good GPT-2 is
Every previous time someone says something like this, I've looked at the original blog post again just to make sure I didn't miss something.
OpenAI's own words for GPT-2 never read like a boast to me. Caution, not a boast.
News may have bigged it up, but news does that for everything.
I mean just compare it to the GPT-5 release: they're not shy or subtle when they actually want to boast.