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A while back I was meeting nontechnical people in their 50s and 60s and they were all asking me about ChatGPT. I asked if they tried it. "No." --"You know it's

• billythemaniam 3y ago
  Because they are simply not that interested in trying the new thing. I will drink craft beer, but if someone invented the most amazing craft beer ever, I wouldn't go out of my way to try it even if it was free. I just don't care that much about craft beer. Different people are interested in different things...and that is okay.
• fknorangesite 3y ago
  They were curious enough to ask you about it, to make conversation, but without a specific use or utility in mind hadn't (yet?) bothered. Why did you find this infuriating? There's only so much time in the day; different people have different priorities.
  • andai 3y ago
    Same energy as when someone asks me to Google something for them.
• EricMausler 3y ago
  1) they know it's not a 5 minute thing 2) everything is still moving fast. Unless they plan to keep up with it, they may be planning to look into it later after the dust settles a bit 3) their time is already budgeted and it isn't clear what they should skip / cancel to look into it 4) they aren't sure exactly where to start and so they procrastinate. No trusted source has sent them a link to try, they don't want to sift through search results and potential scams, they don't want to make an account, etc