if it’s free, you’re the product.
if it’s paid, you’re still the product because capitalism says so.
It's very obvious that they are going for the ad market. It's the only way their business model makes any amount of sense, especially now that they're intentionally tanking (commoditizing) the API market under Anthropic's feet.
Clippy grew up to be a real asshole.
Do it!!!!!!! Maybe it will start the end of all this AI bullshit
Well, once that happens people wont be using it anymore.
ChatGPT head Nick Turley
Misread that as Neck Turkey. I think I'm gonna use that.
Yes please! Make the bubble pop faster and get people to see it’s not the AGI everyone pans it for.
This is paying specifically for a company to generate ads for you in particular, directly.
I cannot wait for everything from research papers to grade school reports to have product placement based on whoever's paying OpenAI the most.
it’s got electrolytes
Well now I'm not gonna use it even more.
hopefully it’s only for hallucinated products
There it is
I bet all the ads will be other chat bots (but a scam)
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.