quantumfucker t1_j6iptju wrote
Reply to comment by steviaplath153 in OpenAI executives say releasing ChatGPT for public use was a last resort after running into multiple hurdles — and they're shocked by its popularity by steviaplath153
So you want to be paid to get access to software that makes your life better while someone else is running it on their own hardware? What’s the logic there exactly? Are you going to be mad at reddit next for running analytics on the comments you voluntarily gave them?
cabose7 t1_j6iqb7j wrote
People are just tired of the cycle of lossleaders burning VC cash and loans and then everything going sideways when the free money faucet turns off and these companies frantically grasp for anything to make themselves sustainable.
0pimo t1_j6ira6e wrote
Unless Google or another company has a competing product, OpenAI is probably the next trillion dollar company.
NegotiationFew6680 t1_j6iuzbu wrote
They all do. Meta, Google (Deepmind), and many others have created similar large language models, they just haven’t built them with a chat interface for the public to play with because they aren’t very useful yet.
You might think ChatGPT is useful but keep in mind that it will create false info when asked including fake references. There was examples of people getting it to do a mathematical proof that 2+2=5.
butanebutanebutane t1_j6jq2q1 wrote
I just tested the 2+2=5 thing and it has since been corrected. But that led me down a rabbit hole of trying other tests. I asked it the thing about a plane taking off on a long treadmill that constantly matches the wheel speed of the plane. It got it wrong the first time but when I pressed it on why the treadmill would matter (without telling it my answer), it corrected itself and said it was previously mistaken.
No real point other than kind of interesting.
NegotiationFew6680 t1_j6krtyv wrote
Yeah it’s interesting but also dangerous.
Imagine asking something like “how to make home made fertilizer” and then having to ask follow up questions to confirm it isn’t actually poison.
That’s generally not worry with standard search engines like google.
sweetmorty t1_j6ittn1 wrote
It's not about getting paid to test AI technology. It's about OpenAI not being as transparent with their motives as their company name suggests and luring in free beta testers to improve their next premium ChatGPT version for Microsoft and any other corporate clients, with lucrative deals worth billions.
My impression about OpenAI was that it was some sort of academic AI think tank. Not a corporate R&D center in disguise.
zdakat t1_j6iwf12 wrote
They try way too hard with the "guys we're the good guys! We're doing everything to hold back a world-ending AI (that we invented, but ignore that)"
They try to present themselves as the heroes of situations they made up, and have no qualms about selling things they've hyped up as being essentially super weapons. They just use the delay for publicity and to make customers excited.
I know marketing is a thing, but you don't see Coca-Cola (for example) going "Alright guys, since you asked so much we decided to release that deadly drink we talked about 2 months ago. But don't say we didn't warn you! Besides our next drink is even worse, and we're doing everything we can to keep it in the lab"
quantumfucker t1_j6lptym wrote
Not to sound harsh, but I think that’s on you. OpenAI began as a nonprofit, funded by extremely wealthy entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, and then transitioned to having a for-profit arm in 2019. The fact that Microsoft and others are investing in them has been very open and public knowledge. They have already been criticized for that pivot for years.
So, how did they fail to be transparent? Don’t they literally give you a disclaimer that your responses will be used to improve it? Sorry, I don’t see how they “lured” anyone into anything.
Also, it’s extremely common for private companies to fund academic studies and institutions due to the high costs of running these labs and the potential for mutually beneficial partnerships. This also shouldn’t be surprising.
steviaplath153 OP t1_j6is7lu wrote
You want to get paid while you steal information from the rest of us? Where is the logic there exactly?
Next time admit you work in the industry up front. Don't act as if you're a neutral party pointing out something reasonable. You're literally making money off of this bullshit.
quantumfucker t1_j6lp5ht wrote
You know a great way to stop openAI from getting your data? Stop giving it to them. Who is making you use their service?
Also I don’t work for chatGPT lmao.
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