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I have trouble seeing how to turn this into a viable business. Will people pay to have their ideological viewpoints parroted back at them? Maybe, but certainly

I have trouble seeing how to turn this into a viable business. Will people pay to have their ideological viewpoints parroted back at them? Maybe, but certainly not at GPT-4-level pricing. I also can't believe enough people will be in a position to afford AI queries, but would rather use RightWingGPT over GPT-4 due to some sense that the latter is full of woke bs.

thephyber 4y ago
Agree. I have seen users reference a Medium story about how “ChatGPT is a Democrat” (based on how it answers a prompt regarding Pres Biden, but censors the same prompt when substituting Pres Trump). > but would rather use [right wing product] over [mainstream product] due to some sense that the latter is full of woke bs. You bring up a good point. I do kinda wonder what the cost premium users will pay for partisan products. Eg. How much extra will they pay to use a comparable service which has strong emotional/ signaling appeal to their political preferences. I wonder if the hit rate is high enough for Theil’s VC to eventually find a unicorn of alt right differentiation or if trying to find one just continually burns holes in their fund. I’m skeptical that there are lots of politically fat right teams that can execute in tech — especially after watching the TMTG / DWAC fall from a peak market cap of $9billion+ last year to life support within months.
- singleshot_ 4y ago
  “Worse, but similar to me” is such a peculiar product differentiation strategy to me that I wonder if I understand anything at all about the product economy these days.
  - thephyber 4y ago
    To be fair, no company advertises the “worse” aspect. Marketing is about focusing customer attention on the “similar to me”. I remember in Utah, I saw commercials for Chevy that featured 2 extended Tahoes in a caravan transporting a single family. It was clearly signaling to the local demographic of LDS/Mormans that have giant families.
    - singleshot_ 4y ago
      “Making more effort to market than to produce” might be a way of framing this business model that makes my head spin a little less. Thanks.

thephyber 4y ago

Agree. I have seen users reference a Medium story about how “ChatGPT is a Democrat” (based on how it answers a prompt regarding Pres Biden, but censors the same prompt when substituting Pres Trump). > but would rather use [right wing product] over [mainstream product] due to some sense that the latter is full of woke bs. You bring up a good point. I do kinda wonder what the cost premium users will pay for partisan products. Eg. How much extra will they pay to use a comparable service which has strong emotional/ signaling appeal to their political preferences. I wonder if the hit rate is high enough for Theil’s VC to eventually find a unicorn of alt right differentiation or if trying to find one just continually burns holes in their fund. I’m skeptical that there are lots of politically fat right teams that can execute in tech — especially after watching the TMTG / DWAC fall from a peak market cap of $9billion+ last year to life support within months.

singleshot_ 4y ago
“Worse, but similar to me” is such a peculiar product differentiation strategy to me that I wonder if I understand anything at all about the product economy these days.
- thephyber 4y ago
  To be fair, no company advertises the “worse” aspect. Marketing is about focusing customer attention on the “similar to me”. I remember in Utah, I saw commercials for Chevy that featured 2 extended Tahoes in a caravan transporting a single family. It was clearly signaling to the local demographic of LDS/Mormans that have giant families.
  - singleshot_ 4y ago
    “Making more effort to market than to produce” might be a way of framing this business model that makes my head spin a little less. Thanks.