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RandomUser1076 t1_j1c0ywg wrote

So the AI will recommend things from companies that have paid Google advertising money.

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colcob t1_j1d1cwg wrote

I’m not quite sure why they’re panicking yet. ChatGPT is notably hopeless at providing correct answers to questions of actual fact.

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BobbyCurtains t1_j1dsdei wrote

“Screwdriver manufacturers might be hitting the panic button to protect Phillips head from hammers”

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gurenkagurenda t1_j1d6ark wrote

The questions in my mind are:

  1. Can OpenAI figure out a way to get $10/month worth of ad revenue out of ChatGPT users?

  2. Will ChatGPT users be willing to pay $10/month?

They only need one of those answers to be yes, of course. If it’s broadly ”no” (which I suspect), I don’t think google has anything to worry about yet.

I’m basing that figure on both OpenAI’s API pricing, and Copilot’s pricing (which I’m suspicious Microsoft is actually taking a loss on right now). Right now, they’re giving it away for free to collect usage data, but that isn’t going to be worth it to them forever. Sooner rather than later, they have to figure out how to monetize this thing, because it is not cheap to run.

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WinTurkey t1_j1djoxd wrote

>Will ChatGPT users be willing to pay $10/month?

I can only speak for myself here, but considering that I've already saved several hours of work from using chatGPT instead of Googling the solutions myself, I would absolutely pay twice that to keep using this thing.

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KSRandom195 t1_j1eu2rf wrote

Careful, if you work in any industry with IP you may be violating company policy, and may be putting your company at legal risk.

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WinTurkey t1_j1eue6l wrote

Thanks for the warning, I make sure to be careful about that sort of thing

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gurenkagurenda t1_j1ffmgo wrote

Oh I gladly pay for it too, but people are weird about where they’ll let go of money.

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bigkoi t1_j1dx1ar wrote

Agreed. My understanding is the compute is expensive for chatgpt and Google's Lambda. You need a clear path to sustainable revenue to succeed.

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