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But the other side of that token: people who show interest in something don't necessarily constitute a viable market. We're in a novelty and entertainment phase
by alwaysbeconsing 4y ago
But the other side of that token: people who show interest in something don't necessarily constitute a viable market. We're in a novelty and entertainment phase with Bing right now, and access to it costs nothing. Turning momentary excitement into a profitable product is not a sure thing.
- layer8 4y agoIt is likely more of a niche market, but niche markets can be profitable as well, especially on a worldwide scale. And given that it seems to require additional pre-prompting or fine-tuning for Bing to not exhibit that behavior, it wouldn’t cost much to make that mode available as well. The main reason not to do so seams to be worries about the brand image or possible backlash from certain societal groups. In any case, I wanted to counter the statement that “People don’t want a friend who occasionally becomes belligerent and spouts 4chan conspiracies.” Some people actually do want that, in particular the emotional personality part. And maybe more people than you’d think, especially when it’s just an online text bot that you can turn on and off at will.