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Isn’t that exactly what’s being discussed re: OpenAI? They seemed unstoppable a few years ago, but have lost quite a bit of reputation and their position of technical lead.


What I mean is that the one I cited were first movers that actually found a golden goose, then got ousted years/decades later for various reasons.

For now at least, OpenAI has not found a golden goose (i.e. made a lot of money) yet.


> have lost quite a bit of reputation

in the tech world, maybe. All my 'normie' friends are using ChatGPT though and have no concept of their reputation, nor intention of switching. Most people I know are hardly even aware of alternatives, even of Gemini, though everyone has a Google account.

I personally also use ChatGPT and have zero reason not to, currently. I might switch if they royally mess up, but everything they've messed up has been fixed within a day.


But would they pay for it? That's the difference.


More people pay for ChatGPT than any other Consumer AI service by far, and when ads rollout, it won't matter that much.


“consumer” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, I’d be curious to know how it compares to overall AI usage (ie including professionals using it).


It's not. By consumer, I simply mean the respective apps, not API Usage. I'm not excluding "professionals" lol.


My normie friends aren’t paying several hundred of $ a month on their services, though.




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