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> then you'd use ... Sounds like a bunch of effort. :/

• vidarh 3y ago
  Why is why we're seeing VC funded startups starting to produce specialised tooling for various use cases so people don't have to do it themselves. ChatGPT is fun, and for some of what I do it's usable as-is, but for most people it'll be a tech demo for something that will be built in and hidden behind layers of stuff to make it suitable for their specific use-case. At least until the base models get a lot more capable.
  • permo-w 3y ago
    this is something I don’t understand. if you want GPT3/4 for your specific use case, then use the API? half the complaints people have about chatGPT are because they’ve never bothered to try the—much more powerful—API
    • justinclift 3y ago
      Oh. It's probably because that's not an obviously better progression. Something along the lines of "why bother looking at their API, when the existing thing doesn't work properly?". You're saying it's better via the API, but the standard (non-api) approach would have to be good enough first to draw people in more I guess.
    • vidarh 3y ago
      A lot of people want a polished product, and go in with expectations it will be something it isn't. I think part of the problem is people are used to equate eloquence with intelligence and knowledge, and when that assumption doesn't hold, they assume it's all smoke and mirrors rather than explore its limits.