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OpenAI could be on the brink of bankruptcy in under 12 months, with projections of $5 billion in losses
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this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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Good. It's fake crap tech that no one needs.
It's actually really awesome and truly helps with my work.
I think the guy above is just mad he can't figure out how to use it. Always easier to be mad at the tool.
different guy here. It seemed to be fairly useful for software engineers to solve quick issues where the answer isn't immediately obvious - but it's terrible at most other jobs.
And part of why it's bad is because you have to type into a text box what you want and read it back (unless you build you own custom API integration- which goes without saying is also a terrible way to access a product for 99% of people)
Another part of why it's bad is because you're sharing proprietary information with a stranger that is definitely cataloging and profiling it
Very few people interact with language in a way that is bidirectionally friendly with AI, and AI just isnt very good at writing. It's very good at creating strings of words that make sense and fit a theme, but most of what makes "very good" writing isn't just basic competency of the language.
GPT is selectively useful. It's also, as of the last few weeks dumb as a bag of bricks. Dumber than usual. 4 and 4o are messed up. 4 mini is an idiot. Not sure how they broke them, but it started roughly around the time of the assassination attempt. Not sure if it was a national security request or a mere coincidence, but just the same.
I'm even seeing 4o make comically dumb and stubborn programming mistakes lately, like:
GPT: "I totally escaped that character"
Me: "no, it's the same as your previous response."
GPT: "Oh, sorry, here is the corrected code." replies with same code again.
I canceled my sub.
And that's exactly why I've already given up on AI before even really getting into it. The only things I use it for is when I want a basic skeleton for a simple script with the intention of turning it into a real script myself. It's also pretty good at generating grep, sed and awk commands and oneliners (or at least it was when I last tried it), and sometimes, in spotting mistakes with them.
i love that real life is replicating the plot of portal 2