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OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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malfist wrote: post #30
arcanemachiner wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? Your body also generates electricity and natural gas. Do you also get upset when energy companies claim to provide these services as a utility?

Is the electricity or natural gas that your body produces a defining feature of humanity? Does AI actually provide intelligence?

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Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by zamadatix »

EGreg wrote: post #100
zamadatix wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remember, if the government says it's free it almost certainly means the people are actually paying for it.

Yes and even if you are paying, you’re still the product! That’s whats happens in two sided markets. Everyone’s the product. The original adage of “if you’re not paying, you’re the product” doesn’t necessarily rule out the converse. The fact that the grandfather comment made a freudian slip makes it funnier.

Hear hear! And those who say paying is the only time one has a chance to not be the product should look at getting involved with a genuine charity or volunteer program too. There are no universal rules about this kind of thing.

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Post by emsign »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #5

Would be interesting long term if this sways public opinion about data centers in Malta. I do support though AI literacy in general and this is a good step. Would wonder about the deal in how much this is actually costing Malta if at all.

Data centers in a country that has barely enough water and electricity for its citizens? That is utterly ridiculous. This AI hype is going crazy, it's all an insane joke, right?

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Post by akomtu »

sidcool wrote: post #83

All that data on all Malta citizens. Remember, if you're more paying, you're the product

Not long ago nearly everyone in the anglosphere had a habit to talk to a pastor, revealing all the dirty secrets under the veil of anonymity. The Church was an incredibly informed organization. Today OpenAI & Anthrophic are re-creating a parody on that tradition: people talk to an AI pastor, under the veil of anonymity, and divulge their darkest secrets.

Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by foxfired »

We had a mandatory ChatGPT training course at work. You had to sign up in limited space classes. This is a large company, needless to say it was chaos to get a significant number of people to participate.

I got a spot. We were shown how to copy and paste data from excel and other data sources into the chat interface. We had sample data to work with, there was always someone in class who would say "mine didn't work." The developers in the room asked about codex, the instructor said she wasn't a developer.

We did get a certificate though. There was nothing they could teach that you couldn't learn by using the free version in your own time. Whatever they are doing with the Maltese government is just to increase the monthly active user count.

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