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Just because you're not the target audience doesn't mean there's not a real target audience. There a people today learning to use an LLM instead of an actual s

Just because you're not the target audience doesn't mean there's not a real target audience. There a people today learning to use an LLM instead of an actual search engine. For these types of people whatever happens outside of the LLM app is invisible to them. The social media apps did similar where they started letting people purchase directly within the app. People started looking at these shops rather than doing searches for it elsewhere. Buying things on a social media app is crazy to me, but I don't use the social media apps. Buying things from an LLM app seems crazy to you, (because it's new and it's borked is fixable), but to people that first turn to their LLM app of choice that decision isn't so crazy.

hattmall 8mo ago
Social media apps generally opened up new markets though of their existing user bases as sellers. Perhaps chatgpt could know everything in your house, if you don't actually use it, and pair you with a neighbor that needs it!
- bilekas 8mo ago
  What a distopian hellscape you've painted into my brain. I work long and hard to not interact with my neighbors.
  - arbitrary_name 8mo ago
    that's sad. my neighbors are wonderful and i like chatting to them. are you the bad neighbor?
    - dylan604 8mo ago
      Yes. Not interacting with neighbors is something that can happen naturally, but working hard to not is an entirely different thing. Knowing your neighbors is a good thing. Even if it's just a friendly hi. You don't have to hang out, but if there's ever something you need like "did I leave the sprinkler on" or "did I leave the stove on" or "borrow a cup of sugar", it helps being on speaking terms with a neighbor rather than your first interaction with them is because you need something. Caveat being that you live next door to Epstein or similar where not knowing them will be beneficial when the police come asking questions.
Terr_ 8mo ago
> Just because you're not the target audience doesn't mean there's not a real target audience. Just because a target-audience has >0 members doesn't mean the target is plausible or good. :p ______________ To transcribe an old Dilbert comic, which I think captures the sometimes, uh, aspirational nature of "target audiences": 1. Dogbert, presenting a labeled circle: "Your target market is the high income group. They're the only ones who can afford your product." 2. Dogbert, adding circles to Venn-diagram: "More specifically, they must be rich, tasteless and easily amused. I've located a cluster of them for study." 3. Scene change to outdoor lawn, one suitably-dressed man confiding to another: "That dog's watching us golf again."

hattmall 8mo ago

Social media apps generally opened up new markets though of their existing user bases as sellers. Perhaps chatgpt could know everything in your house, if you don't actually use it, and pair you with a neighbor that needs it!

bilekas 8mo ago
What a distopian hellscape you've painted into my brain. I work long and hard to not interact with my neighbors.
- arbitrary_name 8mo ago
  that's sad. my neighbors are wonderful and i like chatting to them. are you the bad neighbor?
  - dylan604 8mo ago
    Yes. Not interacting with neighbors is something that can happen naturally, but working hard to not is an entirely different thing. Knowing your neighbors is a good thing. Even if it's just a friendly hi. You don't have to hang out, but if there's ever something you need like "did I leave the sprinkler on" or "did I leave the stove on" or "borrow a cup of sugar", it helps being on speaking terms with a neighbor rather than your first interaction with them is because you need something. Caveat being that you live next door to Epstein or similar where not knowing them will be beneficial when the police come asking questions.

Terr_ 8mo ago

> Just because you're not the target audience doesn't mean there's not a real target audience. Just because a target-audience has >0 members doesn't mean the target is plausible or good. :p ______________ To transcribe an old Dilbert comic, which I think captures the sometimes, uh, aspirational nature of "target audiences": 1. Dogbert, presenting a labeled circle: "Your target market is the high income group. They're the only ones who can afford your product." 2. Dogbert, adding circles to Venn-diagram: "More specifically, they must be rich, tasteless and easily amused. I've located a cluster of them for study." 3. Scene change to outdoor lawn, one suitably-dressed man confiding to another: "That dog's watching us golf again."