[gerdesj]

"It's quite a bit more complicated than that."

Ohhh no it isn't! (Ohh yes it is) etc

"as the general public is far more aware of OpenAI than Anthropic"

I run LLMs on my own gear with llama.cpp (compiled from source) and I could not tell you anything about either company except they fiddle with AI stuff and that (I don't actually care). I glaze over on news about both organisations in equal measure on mention.

I think you'll find that the general public would not be able to name either company without being asked to pronounce their name from it being written down.

[sillysaurusx]

My eighty year old father brought up OpenAI unprompted a few months ago. At this point it’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t heard of OpenAI.

[jazzyjackson]

Depends entirely on whether they leave CNBC playing as background noise

[DANmode]

Yes. Can’t wag the dog without centralized networks; even if they’re now Meta algorithms, they’re still there.

[gerdesj]

I think my point still stands 8)

I know plenty of people who will put the letters A and I together and get rather confused about what on earth is going on but very few of those would mention any co apart from Microsoft, Google, Facebook or errm Twitter.

No one has a bloody clue about all this stuff apart from us lot and we have no real idea about it either!

Oooh tulips!

[threatofrain]

Is your point that the name people actually remember is ChatGPT? Okay, let's say the actually popular name that threatens to become the Kleenex of LLMs. ChatGPT.

[port11]

I don’t think someone running llama.cpp compiled from source is what they meant with “general public”. Everyone around me knows ChatGPT and OpenAI (the owners, no clue about what else). I don’t think any of them have a clue what Anthropic or Claude is. Anthropic is much more B2B.

[satvikpendem]

I'm not sure what your personal anecdote has to do with general trends, there have always been hermits in history. I also run local models with llama.cpp but I actually stay abreast of the issues in the field as we may similarly be impacted by recent actions.

[gerdesj]

Silly me and my silly stories!

HN is a forum and as far as I am aware, anecdata is allowed here. You might disagree with me and my experience and that is fine too but please don't denigrate me.

[satvikpendem]

It is a forum, yes, and anecdotes are fine, as I said I do the same as you wrt local models, but that doesn't mean an irrelevant non sequitur is useful to other readers, and pointing it out is not equivalent to denigration.