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We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by NikolaNovak »

I'm in IT but nowhere near AI/ML/NN.

The speed of user-visible progress last 12 months is astonishing.

From my firm conviction 18 months ago that this type of stuff is 20+ years away; to these days wondering if Vernon Vinge's technological singularity is not only possible but coming shortly. If feels some aspects of it have already hit the IT world - it's always been an exhausting race to keep up with modern technologies, but now it seems whole paradigms and frameworks are being devised and upturned on such short scale. For large, slow corporate behemoths, barely can they devise a strategy around new technology and put a team together, by the time it's passé .

(Yes, Yes: I understand generative AI / LLMs aren't conscious; I understand their technological limitations; I understand that ultimately they are just statistically guessing next word; but in daily world, they work so darn well for so many use cases!)

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by pavlov »

pc_edwin wrote: post #23

I just don't understand how they can package all of this for $20/m. Is compute really that cheap at scale? I also wonder how Apple (& Google) is going be able to provide this for free? I would love to be fly in the meetings they have about this, imagine all the innovators dilemma like discussions they'd be forced to have (we have to do this vs this will eat up our margins). This might be a little out there but I thin…

> “I just don't understand how they can package all of this for $20/m. Is compute really that cheap at scale?”

It’s the same reason why an Uber in NYC used to cost $20 and now costs $80 for the same trip. Venture capital subventing market capture.

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by clbrmbr »

clbrmbr wrote: post #18

The thought of my children being put to bed by a machine is horrifying. Then again, perhaps this is better than many kids have. Shudder.

And then the wedding speech. What are they thinking over there at OpenAI? This is supposed to be a productivity enhancer, not a way to outsource the most meaningful applications of human language…

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by apexalpha »

choudharism wrote: post #6

I know there are shades of grey to how they operate, but the near constant stream of stuff they're shipping keeps me excited. The LLM boom of the last year (Open AI, llama, et al) has me giddy as a software person. It's a reach, but I truly feel like I'm watching the pyramids of our time get made.

Computers understanding and responding in human language is the most exciting software innovation since the invention of the GUI.

Just as the GUI made computer software available to billions LLMs will be the next revolution.

I'm just as excited as you! The only downside is that it now make me feel bad that I'm not doing anything with it yet.

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by readyplayernull »

birracerveza wrote: post #7

We should be fine as long as it doesn't move. Jokes aside, I have paused my subscription because even GPT4 seemed to become dumber at tasks to the point that I barely used it, but the constant influx of new features is tempting me to renew it just to check them out...

I switched to Claude, it's better at explaining stuff in a more direct manner without the always-excited way of talking. Is that an engagement trick? Maybe ChatGPT is intended to be more of a chatbot that you can share your thoughts with.

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by nunobrito »

suyash wrote: post #29

This announcement seem to have killed so many startups that were trying to do multi-modal on top of ChatGPT. The way it's progressing with solving use cases with images and voice, not too far when it might be the 'one app to rule them all'. I can already see "Alexa/Siri/Google Home" replacement, "Google Image Search" replacement, ed-tech startups that were solving problems with AI using by taking a photo are also doo…

It already replaced search engines. So much easier to write the question and explore the answers until it is solved.

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by HenryBemis »

choudharism wrote: post #6

I know there are shades of grey to how they operate, but the near constant stream of stuff they're shipping keeps me excited. The LLM boom of the last year (Open AI, llama, et al) has me giddy as a software person. It's a reach, but I truly feel like I'm watching the pyramids of our time get made.

From a data protection/privacy standpoint, it's not shade of grey, it's all black.

From convenience perspective, it saves me LOADS of time texting myself on Signal on my specs/design-rabbit-hole, then copying & pasting to Firefox, and getting into the discussion. So yeah, happy for this.

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by DrScientist »

pc_edwin wrote: post #23

I just don't understand how they can package all of this for $20/m. Is compute really that cheap at scale? I also wonder how Apple (& Google) is going be able to provide this for free? I would love to be fly in the meetings they have about this, imagine all the innovators dilemma like discussions they'd be forced to have (we have to do this vs this will eat up our margins). This might be a little out there but I thin…

It's quite possible they are charging near or below cost because they want your data....

Imagine how much they would have to pay for testers at scale?

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by NikolaNovak »

suyash wrote: post #29

This announcement seem to have killed so many startups that were trying to do multi-modal on top of ChatGPT. The way it's progressing with solving use cases with images and voice, not too far when it might be the 'one app to rule them all'. I can already see "Alexa/Siri/Google Home" replacement, "Google Image Search" replacement, ed-tech startups that were solving problems with AI using by taking a photo are also doo…

Talking to Google and Siri has been positively frustrating this year. On long solo drives, I just want to have a conversation to learn about random things. I've been itching to "talk" to chatGPT and learn more (french | music theory | history | math | whatever) all summer. This should hit the spot!

Re: We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT

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Post by fifteen1506 »

pc_edwin wrote: post #23

I just don't understand how they can package all of this for $20/m. Is compute really that cheap at scale? I also wonder how Apple (& Google) is going be able to provide this for free? I would love to be fly in the meetings they have about this, imagine all the innovators dilemma like discussions they'd be forced to have (we have to do this vs this will eat up our margins). This might be a little out there but I thin…

Probaby with Microsoft's money injection they're trying to raze the market and afterwards hike prices.
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