[neltnerb]

> I wonder how many in that poll have a negative sentiment about AI, yet are also heavy users. There seems to be some kind of disconnect going on?

Being a heavy user seems like it'd create a lot of resentment if you don't actually enjoy doing it.

If you have used a tool for years and years and suddenly it shoves in a bunch of AI, like Duolingo or Google, are you a heavy user who may well dislike the results?

I have to put in some work to not be a heavy user by any reasonable definition.

[DiogenesKynikos]

ChatGPT has been downloaded >1 billion times on the Android PlayStore. AI is incredibly popular.

People have all sorts of concerns about how AI will change society, but that's precisely because it's so useful for so many things. If it were useless or just a fad, there would be no reason to worry.

[LtWorf]

The startup where I worked had 1 million downloads (which is much less), but how many of those were using it daily vs trying it for 30 minutes and forgetting about it?

Less than 10% in our case :)

[DiogenesKynikos]

1 billion downloads, even if only 10% of those are active users, is a massive number.

Heck, I haven't even downloaded the ChatGPT app, but I use their website all the time.

AI use has taken off, and a large fraction of the population is using it regularly, if their own accord.

[LtWorf]

Yep, the free tier. Will they pay for it or stick around once it becomes more ads than anything else?

[neltnerb]

My point was that using something heavily means you have an informed opinion about hating it. Hating something you have never tried is way weirder.