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by DiogenesKynikos 22 days ago
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.
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LtWorf 22 days ago
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 :)

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DiogenesKynikos 22 days ago
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.

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LtWorf 21 days ago
Yep, the free tier. Will they pay for it or stick around once it becomes more ads than anything else?
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neltnerb 21 days ago
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.
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