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If it's slop, why do they pay for it? I mean, raise you hand if you have never paid for AI "slop", I see maybe a hand or two in this room of tens of thousands.
by WarmWash 8mo ago
If it's slop, why do they pay for it?
I mean, raise you hand if you have never paid for AI "slop", I see maybe a hand or two in this room of tens of thousands.
It's a strawman to frame it as AI labs get everything and society gets nothing. Bruh, the fastest growing applications of all time didn't explode in popularity because they "offer nothing of value". I'm not giving you an argument, I'm giving you a reality check.
- Arainach 8mo agoCongratulations, you ignored all the substance in my post and focused on one word.
- WarmWash 8mo agoThe gain isn't private though, that's the point. If people weren't gaining from LLMs, why would they be paying for it?
- Arainach 8mo agoThe users aren't the ones getting trillion dollar valuations. And for most of them the answer is "they don't have a choice, it's bundled into Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace / Meta / everything" or "they're not, their employer is paying for it". The answer to "why do businesses pay for stupid things of questionable hard-to-prove value based on hype cycles" would take many books.
- hntway5994 8mo ago>If it's slop, why do they pay for it? Fast food sells like crazy even though everyone largely agrees it's not the best. People aren't always rational with their purchases.