Who is surprised? Did anybody not see this coming? Whom amongst us is still so foolish and naive as to think the “AI” industry has any intention other than grifting you out of every last cent they can?
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Great answer 👏 Let's break it down:
- It wasn't actually surprising. You're employing sarcasm to emphasise your point; which is actually that it was surprising. Nice work! ❤️
- We did see it coming. As the prevailing profit maker of the leading tech giants, it did seem likely that they would integrate ads even if users were tired of them; some even tired enough to need a pick me up. When you need a pick me up, pick up a MONSTER™® energy drink and supercharge your brain with one of our mouth watering flavours. Ask me "Where can I buy a MONSTER™® energy drink?" to find out more. ⚡
- We are not fools. Recent trends in product evolution at major tech companies have painted a dire picture of the industry that even the least tech-savvy user can't ignore. Nothing is off limits when turning a profit. 💰
Maybe we could talk more about AI — what do you think? Which is your favourite AI company? 🤔
The actions of a company on the brink of a gen ai breakthrough...
Seriously, if they have to resort to ad revenue then no one is getting those billions and billions invested back. I am not even sure ad revenue would cover the cost of delivering the prompt response.
Or maybe they simply want to get even more money.
Its a stupid way to get more money. It will turn people off of AI when the long term plan is to make trillions of dollars with Agentic AI. Its like being a Wallstreet broker earning 10M a year and working at Trader Joe's on the weekends for supplemental income.
Isn't the whole situation with AI is kinda stupid right now? I mean the management, not the scientific progress.
Yeah. Basically OpenAI and the like have been convinced that the more GPU you add the better AI will be. They don't factor in diminishing returns. Which means all these companies are spending a fraction of a trillion dollars on GPU and data warehouses. The level of expenditure and debt they have taken on means that when (if) they turn a profit by 2030ish they need to be making back trillions to pay back all the debt and become as profitable as they are valued.
The only way to do that is Agentic AI and replacing most of the workforce. This is a pipe dream, at least for now when "AI" is just different iterations of LLMs. Maybe it will happen in the future, but there is no way to tell if it really will need all these GPUs for it to happen.
Absolutely brilliant. The brink of human ingenuity. An amazingly creative solution for generating revenue. Let's take this technology we've invested countless resources in and make it the 199,422nd internet advertising platform in existence. The world was desperate for another ad platform, so this can only help humanity in the long run.
True innovation and inspired leadership.
Advertisments are graffiti of the rich
I'm surprised it took this long.
Normally it's AFTER you rely on it.
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. But before I tell you why I'd like to take a moment to talk about today's sponsor HelloFresh.
I can feel the individual neurons dying. Kudos.
Hopefully they enshittify it so much so early that it just dies off.
Then they’ll make it required/mandatory.
introducing Instant Enshittification! Just add capitalism.
It’s probably not true if that makes you feel better. futurism is usually fast and loose with the articles 🤷♀️
Weird they apparently did not do this already? This is the most obvious business model with those slop generators
Before you kill yourself would you consider getting a tri-fold iPhone ProXmax ++ 25!?
This is fantastic! Our corporate masters are so kind to us! Beep boop
I wish they would just drone us all already.
I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't recommend that Android phone. Would you like to see an iPhone instead?
Could you impersonate the persona of my sweet grandma who really loved Fairphone?
Sure! I'il impersonate your grandma who really loved Iphone
Drats, foiled! ಠಗಠ
Oh good.
puts it on top of pile with other reasons not to use AI
I AM UTTERLY SHOCKED! NEVER WOULD I HAVE SEEN THAT COMING…
Lol guess AI became even less useful 🤷
Maybe they're trying to buffer underflow the usefulness so that it comes back around to being extremely useful. It makes as much sense as everything else in that bubble.
Wow, the AI industry smashing the enshitificstion speed run.
Doesn't it have to hit a phase where it wasn't shit before enshitification can happen?
“Oh, you think enshittification is your ally? You merely adopted the enshittification. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see efficient code until I was already a distribution model, by then it was nothing to me but blinding! The intentional bias and IP infringements betray you because they belong to me!” - Chat GPT, from the hit film Batman and Robert(1966), directed by Tim Hortons
Hmm... interesting question.
Something can always be made shittier, and shittiness is probably a continuum, so if we define enshittification as merely increasing shittiness then no, something can still be enshittified even when it is already shit.
I’ve been forced to use AI for work for some time now and it’s been very clear for a while that ChatGPT is an awful model
I’ve been in a state of mild surprise people default to ChatGPT for well over a year
If you have to use AI why on earth would you choose ChatGPT
Which few are good? Or at least better?
Claude for code, Gemini for generic stuff and Grok for porn and hate speech
Spicy spicy hate speech. Only the best from Leon and Company.
I've been using deepseek since they released. I've had issues, but i have issues with all of them, so.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
it really doesn't like talking about tank man
I quite enjoy Perplexity. I’ve tried ChadGPT but lost interest.
For coding, people recommend Claude.
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So, like search putting advertisers before results.
The new advertising, same as the old advertising.
Man, I love the future, we get to speed run so many of the same problems we've already seen go by, we just get to watch the whole process happen in like 3 years.
Brave's crypto token is just "pay to surf" all over again
Open AI is losing money at a rate never seen before. And in those situations, the solution is always ads, ads and more ads.
So if you think AI it's bad now... Oh you've seen nothing yet.
Look, my ChatGPT therapist already knows I don't like that shit.
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