My own observation while using the OpenAI API is that it is massively rate limited due to the enormous demand. So while the public hype may have lessened the actual demand for their core product is so large that its problematic for users.
AI demand is already shrinking
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#32More likely it just means a substantial fraction of usage is from students.
Which in itself would also imply that it has found only limited use so far.
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#33If I’m any indication. It was really useful when it first came out but now all the answers seem so boilerplate. I’m back to search being more useful.
Something about searching and parsing through content myself just feels so satisfying. Being able to dive deep and find parts that are meaningful for the context I'm driving towards just makes the whole experience more enjoyable then having an AI tell me what meaning is based on training.
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#34this is still early, its a useful tool that people are using to learn differently
when i have more complicated questions i don't google search anymore, i instead try to ask a question where chatgpt won't hallucinate and double check with bard
companies are still collecting the input, that's the information people are more hungry for. allow them time to adapt and see what it brings.
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#35It really looks like ChatGPT suffered from some form of "initial over hype syndrome". I'm not underestimating it, actually I think the application of transformers to do what ChatGPT is capable of doing is something really impressive, novel and caught the world by surprise. I'm sure we'll find many equally impressively good applications for it. But people eventually found its limitations. And did it quite fast. People…
I think you're referring to the Gartner hype cycle
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#36Strikes me as way, way premature to be making such strident conclusions at this stage. We have barely even got to the point where orgs can run these models in-house on their own data, which is where the strongest perceived benefits have been proposed. I’m something of a skeptic myself. I’m not convinced LLMs are as disruptive as the hype says. But they’re not nothing , and it’s still early.
> I’m something of a skeptic myself. 'AI skeptic' has changed meaning. It used to describe someone skeptical of the technical capability of AI or some aspect of it like LLMs, for example they were skeptical that it could do things like natural language or reasoning or whatever. Now it doesn't mean that anymore, and instead 'AI skeptic' describes someone who thinks that AI should be regulated, subjected to legal chall…
I just mean I’m skeptical that the purported benefits (or risks) will be as revolutionary (or horrifying) as suggested.
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#37Here, I had chatgpt generate the article so you don't have to read this one linked.
# AI: The Overhyped Phenomenon Missing Immediate Results
In recent years, there's been no shortage of hyperbolic rhetoric when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Prophets of the digital age tout it as the solution to virtually all of humanity's problems, from healthcare to climate change. But as we pause to look around, it's pretty clear: there aren't any robot butlers serving us breakfast in bed or AI doctors diagnosing diseases with unerring accuracy. So what's the deal? Is AI just overhyped?
### The Promises and The Reality
Remember when we were told AI would change the world? That the miracles of machine learning and deep neural networks would solve complex problems humanity had been grappling with for centuries? Well, it's been years since that promise, and what do we have to show for it? A few smart thermostats and chatbots that can't even understand sarcasm. Wow, revolutionary.
### The Lack of Immediate Results
Proponents of AI would argue that the technology is still in its infancy, and we need to be patient. But how long are we supposed to wait? Time is ticking, and some of the problems we face are immediate. If AI is as groundbreaking as we've been led to believe, why hasn't it delivered immediate, transformative results?
### Where Are the Breakthroughs?
You might say, "What about self-driving cars or AI in medical diagnosis?" But let's be honest. Self-driving cars are still in the testing phase, not yet a ubiquitous sight on our roads. And as for AI in healthcare, it's still largely relegated to research papers and small-scale implementations. It hasn't ushered in the medical revolution we were promised.
### Conclusion
All this isn't to say AI won't have a substantial impact in the future. However, the absence of immediate, world-changing results should give us pause. Perhaps it's time to tone down the rhetoric and acknowledge that while AI has potential, it is not the panacea we were hoping for. At least, not yet.
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#38It's weird to me that some people just don't see the oncoming train. AI is here to stay. Use cases are still being worked out, but it's here to stay. Reminds me of the Astound application around 1995-1996. It was a pretty major PowerPoint competitor and I used it a lot. For whatever reason, they only had a Windows 3.1 version. So I called them asking when the Windows 95 version was coming out. They told me they didn'…
Even with the graphic in the article, it has tablets in around 2010, there were definitely tablets well before that. They took a while to grow and take off, seems similar here.
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#39If I’m any indication. It was really useful when it first came out but now all the answers seem so boilerplate. I’m back to search being more useful.
Yes, I don’t know what it is but the quality of ChatGPT dropped rapidly compared to its initial incarnation
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#40ChatGTP as a tool is so novel and magical that everyone will sign up and try it. Some of those people will shake out and follow a normal hype cycle.