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Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by raincole »

deadbabe wrote: post #724
samtp wrote: post #701

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What exact use cases do I get from being able to talk to chatGPT when I am out in public? I can think of close to 0 value add to have an AI voice in my head when I'm taking a walk in the park or out to dinner.

You can participate in more highly intelligent discussions, great for a dinner party or a date or an interview. Everywhere you go you can know it all, many use cases. The people who don’t do it, will be at a severe disadvantage.

Why would the other people on the table be interested in what you're saying when they can talk to their ChatGPT too?

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by no_wizard »

eqmvii wrote: post #704
samtp wrote: post #701

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What exact use cases do I get from being able to talk to chatGPT when I am out in public? I can think of close to 0 value add to have an AI voice in my head when I'm taking a walk in the park or out to dinner.

when i think of them, i just call 1-800-chat-gpt

Hello and welcome to ChatGPT phone. If you know the query you would like to make, press one now.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by deadbabe »

samtp wrote: post #726
deadbabe wrote: post #724

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You can participate in more highly intelligent discussions, great for a dinner party or a date or an interview. Everywhere you go you can know it all, many use cases. The people who don’t do it, will be at a severe disadvantage.

So other people sitting at the table with you are supposed to be impressed or interested in you regurgitating words said to you by an AI voice in your head? Honestly if I went on a date and the other person was also having a conversation with an AI chatbot, I'd run as fast away as possible because that is insane.

It’s no different from all the other ways people try to impress each other.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by colordrops »

samtp wrote: post #701
dr_dshiv wrote: post #674

Just need a way to talk to ChatGPT anytime. Microphone, speaker and permanent connection to ChatGPT. That’s all you need: io One need is being able to talk to ChatGPT in a whisper or silent voice… so you can do it in public. I don’t think that comes from them, but it will be big when it does. Much easier than brain implants! In an ear device, you need enough data of listening to the muscles and the sounds together, t…

What exact use cases do I get from being able to talk to chatGPT when I am out in public? I can think of close to 0 value add to have an AI voice in my head when I'm taking a walk in the park or out to dinner.

A friend of mine is constantly asking it questions everytime something comes up. She opens her phone, loads the app, hits the mic button, then listens with the phone to her ear. Would work a lot better as some sort of device.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by deadbabe »

raincole wrote: post #731
deadbabe wrote: post #724

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can participate in more highly intelligent discussions, great for a dinner party or a date or an interview. Everywhere you go you can know it all, many use cases. The people who don’t do it, will be at a severe disadvantage.

Why would the other people on the table be interested in what you're saying when they can talk to their ChatGPT too?

Because they get more clout by appearing intelligent in public speaking with others.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by samtp »

colordrops wrote: post #734
samtp wrote: post #701

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exact use cases do I get from being able to talk to chatGPT when I am out in public? I can think of close to 0 value add to have an AI voice in my head when I'm taking a walk in the park or out to dinner.

A friend of mine is constantly asking it questions everytime something comes up. She opens her phone, loads the app, hits the mic button, then listens with the phone to her ear. Would work a lot better as some sort of device.

Just tell her to buy some earbuds that can trigger the assistant on your phone. Bam, problem solved.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by handfuloflight »

samtp wrote: post #725
coffeemug wrote: post #708

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People stare at their phones while walking, having dinner, and driving. It's not a big leap to imagine replacing that with subvocal conversations with AI.

Having ongoing conversations with a sentence completion algorithm while out in public sounds extremely depressing tbh.

Having ongoing conversations with a recently-descended primate that needs 8 hours of daily unconsciousness and gets emotionally invested in the opinions of complete strangers sounds extremely depressing tbh.

This comment was written by Claude.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by CuriouslyC »

dr_dshiv wrote: post #674

Just need a way to talk to ChatGPT anytime. Microphone, speaker and permanent connection to ChatGPT. That’s all you need: io One need is being able to talk to ChatGPT in a whisper or silent voice… so you can do it in public. I don’t think that comes from them, but it will be big when it does. Much easier than brain implants! In an ear device, you need enough data of listening to the muscles and the sounds together, t…

I use mic input with the chat gpt app in public all the time, if you use a low whisper voice and hold the phone close you can be basically inaudible more than 3 feet away and the TTS still does a great job.

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by a_bonobo »

colordrops wrote: post #734
samtp wrote: post #701

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exact use cases do I get from being able to talk to chatGPT when I am out in public? I can think of close to 0 value add to have an AI voice in my head when I'm taking a walk in the park or out to dinner.

A friend of mine is constantly asking it questions everytime something comes up. She opens her phone, loads the app, hits the mic button, then listens with the phone to her ear. Would work a lot better as some sort of device.

'every extension is also an amputation' - Marshal McLuhan

(since Neil Stephenson's recent essay brought that quote up)

Re: OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive

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Post by Verdex »

deadbabe wrote: post #724
samtp wrote: post #701

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exact use cases do I get from being able to talk to chatGPT when I am out in public? I can think of close to 0 value add to have an AI voice in my head when I'm taking a walk in the park or out to dinner.

You can participate in more highly intelligent discussions, great for a dinner party or a date or an interview. Everywhere you go you can know it all, many use cases. The people who don’t do it, will be at a severe disadvantage.

I have a relative who likes to lookup Wikipedia articles that he finds interesting and then read them to rooms full of people.

It's like, I can read Wikipedia myself.

Somehow I don't think anyone is going to be impressed by someone regurgitating chatgpt.

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