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by uuvs8 1262 days ago
Is it actually?

It doesn't give out reliable information and its "creativity" is questionable. Most of the excitement about it has to do with anthropomorphizing a robot that "feels" like an intelligent conversation partner, but it's not. Beyond toys, that is.

Similar to crypto. It isn't actually useful as a currency or to store value. Most of the excitemeny had to do with fake "freedom" dreams of the anarchically-leaning crowd and misunderstandings of what it is and isn't. Beyond toys, that is.

I see lots of parallels actually.
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nickthegreek 1262 days ago
ChatGPT has real value to me. Ive been using it for my d&d games and to do some simple writing stuff that I hate. It costs me nothing, and I don't have to gamble to use it. Its value over crypto for me and my friends is exponential. Stable Diffusion has been even more valuable for me and I get to run that on my own metal.
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adamsmith143 1262 days ago
>Most of the excitement about it has to do with anthropomorphizing a robot that "feels" like an intelligent conversation partner, but it's not

Literally no one I know that's excited about ChatGPT cares even one bit about the conversation aspect. No one I know is excited by the fact that it's a robot to talk to... They are excited by the fact that you can feed it code and errors and it can debug for you or you can give it code and it can write relevant documentation. Or you can give it tabular data and it can make charts and do basic analysis...

If you can't see the utility then maybe you should question your own creativity.

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signal11 1262 days ago
Sam Altman’s isn’t claiming ChatGPT will make you rich.

When you start using it, it tells you it’s a research project.

Even in its current form, it’s useful for a narrow set of uses.

It’s entirely conceivable that ChatGPT successors will be able to incorporate signals of fact vs opinion, and also authoritativeness of a source, into their training.

So yeah, ChatGPT is a toy, but that’s not bad for a research demo. But it has a lot of potential, and can help people in practical ways as it improves.

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