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Because when you accidentally discover a golden goose, you don’t give it to Microsoft, you learn to cook eggs. I had the same thought as you at first, and many
by vineyardmike 3y ago
Because when you accidentally discover a golden goose, you don’t give it to Microsoft, you learn to cook eggs.
I had the same thought as you at first, and many people speculated they’d shutter ChatGPT in favor of the API being served to others. But while anyone can sell an API, making a consumer product people want is just too rare to give it up. It’s better to learn how to service consumers and satisfy the demand.
Everyone was quick to point out that the API costs of a chatGPT clone were a fraction of the cost of ChatGPT+. So why would they focus on research and API development? I worry that they were so successful with this LLM that they’ll forget to keep researching other stuff.
- omeze 3y agoThat's my worry, too. I'm reminded of the history of Intel, which at its founding decided that it would not have a research org (drop the R from R&D) and just focus on scaling FETs, because the founders learned that trying to do both meant that one would ultimately suffer.
- p1esk 3y agoScaling FETs is not research?
- notnaut 3y agoIt’s all research - it’s just that when you get a taste of the money, the trend is often to lean heavy towards more of it. Wasteful, frivolous curiosity often falls into the rear view.
- p1esk 3y agoThere are not a lot of places where you can pursue "wasteful and frivolous curiosity". And even at those places, you would need to have earned the privilege.