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Yes, I'm reading this as a sign of strategic failure and decline. ChatGPT is an interesting product - I like it for certain things - but after last year's PR s
by TheOtherHobbes 7mo ago
Yes, I'm reading this as a sign of strategic failure and decline.
ChatGPT is an interesting product - I like it for certain things - but after last year's PR scramble almost all the news out of OpenAI is a disappointment, with hovering hints of retrenchment.
- dyauspitr 7mo agoI still like it as a general search engine and everyday LLM over Gemini. Maybe I’m just used to the style.
- apsurd 7mo agoagree it's becoming my new default search engine. But it is actively getting worse in a distasteful sense: Want to hear the one TRICK most people forget when doing X...?
- zeroonetwothree 7mo agoYes, every response ends with that. Why did they set it up that way?
- andoando 7mo agoTo try and get continued usage. They no doubt A/B tested the shit out of this and saw it gets higher responses
- ngcazz 7mo agoIt's quite transparently a trick to prolong engagement with the app, just as pretty much any internet product which aims to maximize the LTV extracted from the user base.
- Saline9515 7mo agoI would suggest to edit the default prompt to tell it to avoid engagement bait.
- dyauspitr 7mo agoHonestly, it’s bait phrased but I’ve learnt a fair bit from those and end up learning a lot more from the session overall.
- samrus 7mo agoI far prefer perplexity for that. The fact that it always cites its sources is great. And it has a search bar widget for android, and search bar integration for firefox so its pretty easy to use.