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> While Google releases research papers, OpenAI releases products—and the company's generative chat AI OpenGPT has led to a stratospheric rise for OpenAI. the
by hnav 4y ago
> While Google releases research papers, OpenAI releases products—and the company's generative chat AI OpenGPT has led to a stratospheric rise for OpenAI.
the author is really taking liberties here, hooking up an LLM to a chatbox is not a product, it's a technology demo
- wpietri 4y agoI mean, it's a thing they're charging money for, and people are paying it. So that sounds pretty product-like to me. But there's certainly something missing here in terms of a demonstrated value proposition here.
- chii 4y ago> But there's certainly something missing here in terms of a demonstrated value proposition here. if people paid, then that demonstrates value doesn't it?
- wpietri 4y agoDoes it? As an example, suppose I come in to your business, flash the gun in my waistband, and offer you a subscription to my protection service. You gulp nervously and pay. Has value been demonstrated? Suppose I as a software developer create tools for ransomware gangs, who pay me handsomely for each new version. Have I created value?
- dangIsABadMan 4y ago[flagged]
- zamnos 4y agoMaybe for you/us as developers. For anyone in a human to human job who's main business is writing text for other people (not just emails), it's already indispensable. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/tech/chatgpt-real-estate/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/tech/chatgpt-real-estate/inde...
- bqmjjx0kac 4y agoSure, but real estate writing was already nearly informationless sludge. I'll be impressed when ChatGPT can generate something I actually want to read, rather than something I feel like I'm wading through.
- wpietri 4y agoI believe that is net value subtracting, honestly. Making it easier for bullshitters to bullshit is increasing the burden on their targets.
- diceduckmonk 4y agoTo be fair, the API can be viewed as a product.
- zamnos 4y agoWhy is having an API relevant to it being a product? Twitter was and is a product without one. Google search is a product. Almost everything at Target or the grocery store is a product, and bananas don't have APIs. How many products are just a webterface? Discord, Slack, Amazon (not AWS)...
- diceduckmonk 4y agoI didn’t say an API is necessary to be a product. I said an API is sufficient to be a product. See Twilio.
- oezi 4y agoIf a million people start using it day after day it quickly becomes a product.
- zamnos 4y agoEspecially if some unknown percentage of them are paying $20/month for that pleasure.
- throwaway-jim 4y ago[dead]