Having internalized a perspective obsessively focused on frontier performance and best-in-class results — to the point where anything less than state-of-the-art feels unacceptable. Someone who is sota-pilled evaluates everything through the lens of benchmarks and capability ceilings; they follow every new paper, track every leaderboard, and feel genuine excitement or distress when the frontier moves. Common in AI enthusiast communities where staying current with SOTA is both a hobby and a semi-professional obligation.
I got sota-pilled during the transformer era and now I can't enjoy any tool without knowing if it's actually best-in-class.
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