Perplexity at this point like that single uncle shooting his shot with anything breathing.
And why is that? P is the only AI company that I am constantly using. It is as important to me as google.
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#32Google has YouTube. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#33Perplexity is a pretty awesome and much needed app, but Aravind Srinivas has many posts on X reek of a desperate need to succeed - scruples aside. To me that signals an inevitable enshitification.
After the non-exodus from Reddit and Twitter enshittification is a given, in time. It's been proven not to sink a business.
This. We now have proof positive that network effects are stronger than it repulsion at hostile changes.
On that note, Facebook going all in on AI slop is brilliant. Most users will stay at the trough for ever increasing lengths of time.
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#34It'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.
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#35Obvious PR move, they don't have near enough money.
Kmart bought Sears (back when Sears was far from worthless, and Kmart was fresh off a chapter 11) with nothing but its own overvalued stock, which was based on an inflated valuation of its real estate from a couple of very favorable sales. Point being, don’t rule out financial shenanigans if people who know what they’re doing are involved. (Note: I know nothing about who runs Perplexity)
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#36Perplexity sounds desperate. They got early traction and have money but they seem to be lost.
They would be buying one of the largest amounts of user generated data in the world. Sounds good to train on.
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#37Perplexity is going to be a nice headstone in the AI graveyard once the bubble pops
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#38It'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.
Not OP but it used to be that if you wanted an LLM that would cite its sources - Perplexity was one of the only games in town that did a really good job combining an LLM with an active search engine.
It was also much better for posing questions that required the most up-to-date knowledge.
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#40Perplexity is going to be a nice headstone in the AI graveyard once the bubble pops
I disagree.
The same way ByteDance has strong relationship with public and private partners in China, it's the same with Perplexity among Indian organizations based on personal experience.
Worst case, they pull an Ola