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Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#21

Between purchasing chat.com, and this new 800 number, I sometimes feel like OpenAI is really channeling that 90s dot com era energy.

Controversial take: LLMs are the first time in a while that I have felt like emerging technology trends is doing something cool and adding value.

For the past 8-10 years it has all felt like a bunch of apps that just aim to be mediocre middlemen/gig economy brokers with bad customer service.

Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#23
post #9

Between purchasing chat.com, and this new 800 number, I sometimes feel like OpenAI is really channeling that 90s dot com era energy.

And ChatGPT still does lets me do less today than Zombo.com let me do in 1999.

You could do ANYTHING at zombo.com, if I remember correctly. At zombo.com, anything was possible.

EDIT: There is one limit at zombo.com. The limit is myself.

Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#24

something tells me all these bells and whistles around gpt are signs that scaling laws have plateaued, otherwise OpenAI et al. would focus more on improving model quality. Maybe GPT-4 is the 1080p of LLMs: Noticeably better than 720p and 480p models, and not bad enough to warrant additional improvements. Sure, 4K, 8K, ... are technologically available, but for the majority of use cases, 1080p is enough. Similarly, ev…

o1 is way better than gpt-4 imo, feel that many people just don't have complicated tasks/questions they have to do in their day to day. it's like a half jump between 3.5 and 4 to me

Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#25
post #20

Between purchasing chat.com, and this new 800 number, I sometimes feel like OpenAI is really channeling that 90s dot com era energy.

Next month we'll have LetterGPT and by 2026 they'll introduce MorseGPT to let us communicate via telegram

Why stop there? We could have ChatGPT the breakfast cereal! ChatGPT the coloring book! ChatGPT the flamethrower! (the kids love that one)

The scary thing is it's actually conceivable to somehow integrate GPT into those things.

Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#26
post #20

Between purchasing chat.com, and this new 800 number, I sometimes feel like OpenAI is really channeling that 90s dot com era energy.

Next month we'll have LetterGPT and by 2026 they'll introduce MorseGPT to let us communicate via telegram

FaxGPT as well

Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#27
post #9

Between purchasing chat.com, and this new 800 number, I sometimes feel like OpenAI is really channeling that 90s dot com era energy.

And ChatGPT still does lets me do less today than Zombo.com let me do in 1999.

That's only because Zombo had everything. It was the original everything app/site that Musk so desperately wants X to be. Nothing can top that - not even AI.

Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#28

something tells me all these bells and whistles around gpt are signs that scaling laws have plateaued, otherwise OpenAI et al. would focus more on improving model quality. Maybe GPT-4 is the 1080p of LLMs: Noticeably better than 720p and 480p models, and not bad enough to warrant additional improvements. Sure, 4K, 8K, ... are technologically available, but for the majority of use cases, 1080p is enough. Similarly, ev…

o1 is way better than gpt-4 imo, feel that many people just don't have complicated tasks/questions they have to do in their day to day. it's like a half jump between 3.5 and 4 to me

> many people just don't have complicated tasks/questions they have to do in their day to day

This is what worries me. Aside from programmers and few other professions, most jobs in our civilization are prime for automation...

Re: 1-800-ChatGPT

#30
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And ChatGPT still does lets me do less today than Zombo.com let me do in 1999.

You could do ANYTHING at zombo.com, if I remember correctly. At zombo.com, anything was possible. EDIT: There is one limit at zombo.com. The limit is myself.

You, yes, you, can still do anything at https://zombo.com.
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