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I don’t believe the idea that they would lose their moat. That’s like saying, any product you can copy has no moat, it’s not true at all.

• sharemywin 4y ago
  but what ties you to the product? chat history but is that really that important? It's one api call from an integration stand point. It's not a marketplace so you don't have network effects much. the interface isn't all that much. it's kind of a boring bot. it doesn't even tell dirty jokes. I really do feel like this is a race to the bottom.
  • zadler 4y ago
    We have a very simple view of the product right now, and it's also new, so the different available options don't have much history to inform preference. That will change, and the stakes are very high, since this technology is capable of removing alot of jobs, so the company that f*cks up the least is going to become preferential. This effect will be magnified as regulation / beaurocracy come in more. Also, the post seems to assume that a single model will be published and then not change for a long time, enough time that a competetor can copy it and sell their copy; but this is also not true, models will be constantly updated and as soon as regulation catches up it'll be a legal requirement that they are constantly updated. And due to the power of the models, the state will quickly want to pick favorites, and that will also impact the difficulty of displacing a model provider. So, forget it, there's alot more involved than just having a copy of the result of some algorithms.