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My sister uses Gemini and calls it chat gpt. It's becoming a genericide.

simonw 7mo ago
I still think it's hilarious that a product name as awful as "ChatGPT" has become so ubiquitous. I wonder what percentage of its users know what the GPT stands for, or even thought about it for a second?
- chii 7mo ago
  I mean, how is it any worse than 'google'? chatgpt is generic (as in, no prior meaning attached, except for the few people in the world who understand what GPT stands for). It's simple - even a non-english speaker can say it easily, and doesn't require one to be native to know how to pronounce it (this is a difficult concept for a native english speaker to grok). These features makes for a good name.
  - simonw 7mo ago
    "Google" at least doesn't have an acronym for "Generative pre-trained transformer" baked into it.
    - chii 7mo ago
      Even you agreed that almost nobody knows what GPT stands for - which means it's as random as any other three letter acronyms. So i argue that chatGPT is indeed a good name (as good as google was).
    - akkad33 7mo ago
      And many people don't know what Google stands for. Just like they probably didn't care what AOL stands for, or MSN
    - morkalork 7mo ago
      Car brands are like that, does the average person know or care what GT, RX, STI, WRX etc mean?
      - simonw 7mo ago
        I think car names like that are awful too. (Clearly the car marketing world and the general public disagree with me there.)
  - wiredpancake 7mo ago
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  - foo42 7mo ago
    while we're talking pronunciation I'm on an (entirely pointless) one man mission to have "lemon" stick as a pronunciation of "LLM".
  - rossant 7mo ago
    It's very weird to pronounce it as a French. Either you pronounce it like in English with a thick French accent like "tchat' djee-pee-tee" or like in French as "tchat' jay-pey-tey" which sounds exactly like "I farted". This is really a terrible name in French.
GCUMstlyHarmls 7mo ago
My aunt calls it "chat", "I asked chat", which is funny to my online-brain. Like she's a streamer with a permanent audience of 1. Hey chat, is this real?^1 1. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chat-is-this-real https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chat-is-this-real
swexbe 7mo ago
OpenAIs investors can look forward to having an operating margin as impressive as the company that produces Band-Aid

I still think it's hilarious that a product name as awful as "ChatGPT" has become so ubiquitous. I wonder what percentage of its users know what the GPT stands for, or even thought about it for a second?

chii 7mo ago
I mean, how is it any worse than 'google'? chatgpt is generic (as in, no prior meaning attached, except for the few people in the world who understand what GPT stands for). It's simple - even a non-english speaker can say it easily, and doesn't require one to be native to know how to pronounce it (this is a difficult concept for a native english speaker to grok). These features makes for a good name.
- simonw 7mo ago
  "Google" at least doesn't have an acronym for "Generative pre-trained transformer" baked into it.
  - chii 7mo ago
    Even you agreed that almost nobody knows what GPT stands for - which means it's as random as any other three letter acronyms. So i argue that chatGPT is indeed a good name (as good as google was).
  - akkad33 7mo ago
    And many people don't know what Google stands for. Just like they probably didn't care what AOL stands for, or MSN
  - morkalork 7mo ago
    Car brands are like that, does the average person know or care what GT, RX, STI, WRX etc mean?
    - simonw 7mo ago
      I think car names like that are awful too. (Clearly the car marketing world and the general public disagree with me there.)
- wiredpancake 7mo ago
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- foo42 7mo ago
  while we're talking pronunciation I'm on an (entirely pointless) one man mission to have "lemon" stick as a pronunciation of "LLM".
- rossant 7mo ago
  It's very weird to pronounce it as a French. Either you pronounce it like in English with a thick French accent like "tchat' djee-pee-tee" or like in French as "tchat' jay-pey-tey" which sounds exactly like "I farted". This is really a terrible name in French.

GCUMstlyHarmls 7mo ago

My aunt calls it "chat", "I asked chat", which is funny to my online-brain. Like she's a streamer with a permanent audience of 1. Hey chat, is this real?^1 1. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chat-is-this-real https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chat-is-this-real

swexbe 7mo ago

OpenAIs investors can look forward to having an operating margin as impressive as the company that produces Band-Aid