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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
by chii 8mo 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 8mo ago"Google" at least doesn't have an acronym for "Generative pre-trained transformer" baked into it.
- chii 8mo agoEven 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 8mo agoAnd many people don't know what Google stands for. Just like they probably didn't care what AOL stands for, or MSN
- morkalork 8mo agoCar brands are like that, does the average person know or care what GT, RX, STI, WRX etc mean?
- simonw 8mo agoI think car names like that are awful too. (Clearly the car marketing world and the general public disagree with me there.)
- wiredpancake 8mo ago[dead]
- foo42 8mo agowhile we're talking pronunciation I'm on an (entirely pointless) one man mission to have "lemon" stick as a pronunciation of "LLM".
- rossant 8mo agoIt'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.