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I like how people on Reddit cannot distinguish between ChatGPT itself and its web front end. I thought Reddit is programmer friendly. Has anyone checked if the

I like how people on Reddit cannot distinguish between ChatGPT itself and its web front end. I thought Reddit is programmer friendly. Has anyone checked if the services using the API have been affected or not?

dwighttk 4y ago
Reddit contains multitudes
addisonl 4y ago
chatGPT definitely refers to the frontend since their API uses the actual model name (gpt-3.5-turbo) chatGPT isn’t referenced. And their API has been spotty/down all morning.
- random_cynic 4y ago
  There are literally thousands of chat clients based off their API. So are they also chatGPT or the model they specifically trained and aligned for chat?
  - chatmasta 4y ago
    From a branding perspective I'm not sure it's even clear what ChatGPT is. If GPT-3 is ChatGPT, then what is GPT-4?
    - sebzim4500 4y ago
      I think ChatGPT is just the web ui. So you are using ChatGPT no matter what model it is using. Note that the API docs refer to the chat api as the "OpenAI Chat API" and not the "ChatGPT API".
  - addisonl 4y ago
    OpenAI has chatGPT, a chatbot, that is powered their line of GPT models: GPT-3.5-turbo originally and GPT-4 being the latest. chatGPT went down and is still down as seen on chat.openai.com and status.openai.com OpenAI also has an API which includes chat completion (using GPT models), image generation (DALL-E 2), and more. This has also been down this morning and is still super spotty. Other websites using “GPT” in their name are probably using their GPT models through their API and/or are riding on chatGPT’s incredible success and public exposure.
gabelschlager 4y ago
I mean, even here people regularly don't understand what ChatGPT is and what it can do. I wouldn't expect reddit to be any better.
cheeze 4y ago
Reddit is generally more tech-oriented folks, but the company is doing everything it can to make it more appealing to everyone. Most people hanging out on the chatgpt subreddit aren't programmers though. I feel like most programmers have "GPT burnout" from their nontechnical friends discussing it ad nauseum.

dwighttk 4y ago

Reddit contains multitudes

addisonl 4y ago

chatGPT definitely refers to the frontend since their API uses the actual model name (gpt-3.5-turbo) chatGPT isn’t referenced. And their API has been spotty/down all morning.

random_cynic 4y ago
There are literally thousands of chat clients based off their API. So are they also chatGPT or the model they specifically trained and aligned for chat?
- chatmasta 4y ago
  From a branding perspective I'm not sure it's even clear what ChatGPT is. If GPT-3 is ChatGPT, then what is GPT-4?
  - sebzim4500 4y ago
    I think ChatGPT is just the web ui. So you are using ChatGPT no matter what model it is using. Note that the API docs refer to the chat api as the "OpenAI Chat API" and not the "ChatGPT API".
- addisonl 4y ago
  OpenAI has chatGPT, a chatbot, that is powered their line of GPT models: GPT-3.5-turbo originally and GPT-4 being the latest. chatGPT went down and is still down as seen on chat.openai.com and status.openai.com OpenAI also has an API which includes chat completion (using GPT models), image generation (DALL-E 2), and more. This has also been down this morning and is still super spotty. Other websites using “GPT” in their name are probably using their GPT models through their API and/or are riding on chatGPT’s incredible success and public exposure.

gabelschlager 4y ago

I mean, even here people regularly don't understand what ChatGPT is and what it can do. I wouldn't expect reddit to be any better.

cheeze 4y ago

Reddit is generally more tech-oriented folks, but the company is doing everything it can to make it more appealing to everyone. Most people hanging out on the chatgpt subreddit aren't programmers though. I feel like most programmers have "GPT burnout" from their nontechnical friends discussing it ad nauseum.