> On an unrelated note: people often ask me my opinion about GPT / AI. I ask them if they've used it. "No". "You know it's free right?" "Yes". WTF? This mindset

> On an unrelated note: people often ask me my opinion about GPT / AI. I ask them if they've used it. "No". "You know it's free right?" "Yes". WTF? This mindset is bizarre to me! What is it? Free in terms of money doesn't mean it doesn't come with a cost. Time, at least. To try ChatGPT you need to create an account, many people hate creating accounts, you have credentials to manage, you give out your email address to who knows who might spam you. And there are privacy concerns, justified in this cases as some users prompts have been known to leak, and who knows how secure it is. Maybe it is obvious to you that ChatGPT is safer than offers from Nigerian princes, but it is not obvious to anyone, that's why they are asking. And I prefer my friends to ask me "stupid" questions than to ask no one and get scammed. And you say "on an unrelated note". This is not unrelated. A nice UI lowers the cost in terms of time and effort. If you are using GPT professionally, it directly translates into money.