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Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Post by saturn8601 »

Yawrehto wrote: post #91

There are different types of merge. There's the 'look at it! It just makes sense !' type. There's the 'we wanted to do this thing but you're already doing it' merge. There's the 'let's be a monopoly!' merge, and its sibling, 'you are getting in the way of my aspirations to be a monopoly' merge. There's the quiet merge to deal with debts, the making-it-formal-but-functionally-we-were-already-merged, the hey-that-colla…

I am still holding out hope for the Drumstick-TikTok Merger. We need more humor these days and i'd really love to see someone like Drumstick take it over lol

[1]:https://www.instagram.com/drumstick/reel/DE07qPUywUg

Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Post by cwillu »

PessimalDecimal wrote: post #50
ecshafer wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They would be buying one of the largest amounts of user generated data in the world. Sounds good to train on.

Lots of training data for: - Lip syncing - Interpretive dance - Hover text

Electrical/framing/machining/woodworking/physics/tumbling/rockclimbing/instruments/etc/etc/etc.

Honestly it would be a goldmine of training data.

Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Post by cwillu »

what wrote: post #39
ecshafer wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They would be buying one of the largest amounts of user generated data in the world. Sounds good to train on.

Is there anything of value in TikTok videos?

Electricians showing bench demonstrations of what symptoms faulty neutrals cause, machinists doing step-by-step demonstrations of making tooling, including their fuckups, scrapyards doing deep dives into the in-practice economics of when and why they buy and sell, lawyers giving explanations of the laws involved in popular viral accident videos, baking recipes, comedians showing their material, musicians demonstrating techniques, etc

Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Post by cwillu »

benreesman wrote: post #95
janderson215 wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to buy a Ferrari F550 but the salesman kicked me out when I offered him $300. $500M is nothing to sneeze at, but that is like 3 orders of magnitude less than TikTok’s value.

I don’t doubt TikTok is wildly valuable. Is it really that high? I know tech valuations at this point basically price in compulsory use of their products, but that’s pretty stiff even by contemporary standards right? Top hit [1] says $200 billion, which is little more believable, but unlike Meta, TikTok has real competition across its entire surface, Meta can leverage its other monopolies and I’m not sure TikTok will…

200 billion is 3 orders of magnitude larger than 500 million.

Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Post by Xmd5a »

keyle wrote: post #34
kissgyorgy wrote: post #20

It's a shame because Perplexity is BY FAR the most useful AI tool out there. This shows they have clearly no vision and won't be able to keep afloat.

Please explain why do you think they're the most useful by far? Just curious of such a bold statement in a highly competitive space.

Search is the most if not only useful application of LLMs. In this space there is also Phind. It seems I use Perplexity as often as Google nowadays.

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Post by cyanydeez »

Yawrehto wrote: post #91

There are different types of merge. There's the 'look at it! It just makes sense !' type. There's the 'we wanted to do this thing but you're already doing it' merge. There's the 'let's be a monopoly!' merge, and its sibling, 'you are getting in the way of my aspirations to be a monopoly' merge. There's the quiet merge to deal with debts, the making-it-formal-but-functionally-we-were-already-merged, the hey-that-colla…

The 'we need training data' merge?

Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Post by dmazin »

paxys wrote: post #51
kissgyorgy wrote: post #20

It's a shame because Perplexity is BY FAR the most useful AI tool out there. This shows they have clearly no vision and won't be able to keep afloat.

Perplexity is useful as a thin layer of product over a base model. As Sam Altman said, eventually all such startups will be steamrolled by companies that own the models.

He might say that, but I think in fact the opposite is true. The models are getting commodified. The real value lies in distribution (access to customers) and consumer product skills.

Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

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Post by dmazin »

doctorpangloss wrote: post #89
kissgyorgy wrote: post #20

It's a shame because Perplexity is BY FAR the most useful AI tool out there. This shows they have clearly no vision and won't be able to keep afloat.

Ha ha, Perplexity is the green bubble of chatbots.

Always interested in alternatives. What do you suggest?

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Post by viraptor »

quantadev wrote: post #103
jeromegv wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And yet Twitter is censoring progressive viewpoints and even skewed the algo toward promoting a certain political candidate and yet not a single word from those free speech warriors. https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/17/24298669/musk-trump-endo...

I'm generally in favor of Free Speech, but after Silicon Valley censored conservatives for a decade, during the entire Cancel Culture era, I think for them (liberals) to get to experience what it feels like to be censored themselves is probably a good thing. A good learning experience for them to begin to understand first hand how it feels, and what they did to others, without remorse, and with ill intent, for a deca…

"Yes, yes, that will show them... Fair play." In the background, the country burning.
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