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> ChatGPT has been around for a while now ChatGPT has been around for less that 15 months[1]. In what version of reality is that "a while now"? Your iPhone/iPo
by ajcp 3y ago
> ChatGPT has been around for a while now
ChatGPT has been around for less that 15 months[1]. In what version of reality is that "a while now"? Your iPhone/iPod timeline is also off by about 9 years[2].
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Shuffle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Shuffle
- crowcroft 3y ago'A while now' being long enough that I might expect some notable impact on Google's business by now. I do agree it could just be too early. My iPhone/iPod timeline is referring to the time it took for the iPod's sales to be severely impacted [1]. I'm not disputing that the iPod continued to exist for a long time, the iPod Touch wasn't discontinued until 2022, but it was a pretty meaningless part of Apple's business by that point. 1. https://i.insider.com/597b68f2b50ab162018b466b?width=1300&format=jpeg https://i.insider.com/597b68f2b50ab162018b466b?width=1300&fo...
- empath-nirvana 3y agoBlackberry chugged along with record profits for a couple of years after the iphone had already made them irrelevant.
- crowcroft 3y agoYea, this is a good example that it might just be too soon still to say. There was a period where it was not obvious that the iPhone or Blackberry would become the dominant player in the field and it could be true with search and AI chat etc too.