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Board found out about ChatGPT on Twitter? Maybe she did but I kinda doubt Ilya was in the dark.

by LoKSET 2y ago

jfoster 2y ago
Interesting point. It's either that or Ilya also didn't mention it to the board. Seems unusual whichever it was.
- artninja1988 2y ago
  Ilya was Part of the board, same as Sam and Greg brockman
n2d4 2y ago
It's likely that Ilya didn't think the launch was anything notable: https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-was-inaccurate-boring-when-it-launched-openai-cofounder-2023-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-was-inaccurate-borin...
- sillysaurusx 2y ago
  One of my most valuable memories is when I dismissed ChatGPT the day it came out. I didn't bother trying it; GPTs were just autocomplete, and OpenAI had already stretched the limits of what autocomplete could do, so this ChatGPT would just be slightly better autocomplete. Much like pg dismissing Facebook as lame when it first launched, I was exponentially mistaken: https://paulgraham.com/swan.html https://paulgraham.com/swan.html > History tends to get rewritten by big successes, so that in retrospect it seems obvious they were going to make it big. For that reason one of my most valuable memories is how lame Facebook sounded to me when I first heard about it. A site for college students to waste time? It seemed the perfect bad idea: a site (1) for a niche market (2) with no money (3) to do something that didn't matter. > One could have described Microsoft and Apple in exactly the same terms. It's worth remembering that even the big successes often don't realize they're onto something -- you'll be less likely to dismiss the next big wave when you see it forming.
  - ignoramous 2y ago
    > One of my most valuable memories is when I dismissed ChatGPT the day it came out. Some were primed to do so by Meta's Galactica: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33611265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33611265
  - Nullabillity 2y ago
    Calling GPT autocomplete is an insult to autocompleters.
  - pas 2y ago
    It is a very fancy autocomplete indeed, but it's not like you missed anything on day 1. The engineering they put around GPT to make it work as a smart translator and eloquent "brainstormer" and whatnot is impressive, but so far there's no killer app in sight. (The biggest bang for the buck seems to be Copilot.)
    - andybak 2y ago
      It is the killer app in itself. You might be underestimating it's impact and how much usage it's getting (not always for good things, not always for bad). It's totally permeated many areas of life for people.
      - tim333 2y ago
        Yeah >100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history I've used it for some non trivial stuff. Legal advice and advice on launching a crypto project.
    - infecto 2y ago
      It definitely is a killer app and light years ahead any competing product. Github copilot is good but different use case to me. If you meant MSFT Copilot, well that I am not sure what benefit if any exists.
      - 2y ago
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Board found out about ChatGPT on Twitter? Maybe she did but I kinda doubt Ilya was in the dark.

by LoKSET 2y ago

Board found out about ChatGPT on Twitter? Maybe she did but I kinda doubt Ilya was in the dark.

jfoster 2y ago

Interesting point. It's either that or Ilya also didn't mention it to the board. Seems unusual whichever it was.

artninja1988 2y ago
Ilya was Part of the board, same as Sam and Greg brockman

n2d4 2y ago

It's likely that Ilya didn't think the launch was anything notable: https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-was-inaccurate-boring-when-it-launched-openai-cofounder-2023-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-was-inaccurate-borin...

sillysaurusx 2y ago
One of my most valuable memories is when I dismissed ChatGPT the day it came out. I didn't bother trying it; GPTs were just autocomplete, and OpenAI had already stretched the limits of what autocomplete could do, so this ChatGPT would just be slightly better autocomplete. Much like pg dismissing Facebook as lame when it first launched, I was exponentially mistaken: https://paulgraham.com/swan.html https://paulgraham.com/swan.html > History tends to get rewritten by big successes, so that in retrospect it seems obvious they were going to make it big. For that reason one of my most valuable memories is how lame Facebook sounded to me when I first heard about it. A site for college students to waste time? It seemed the perfect bad idea: a site (1) for a niche market (2) with no money (3) to do something that didn't matter. > One could have described Microsoft and Apple in exactly the same terms. It's worth remembering that even the big successes often don't realize they're onto something -- you'll be less likely to dismiss the next big wave when you see it forming.
- ignoramous 2y ago
  > One of my most valuable memories is when I dismissed ChatGPT the day it came out. Some were primed to do so by Meta's Galactica: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33611265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33611265
- Nullabillity 2y ago
  Calling GPT autocomplete is an insult to autocompleters.
- pas 2y ago
  It is a very fancy autocomplete indeed, but it's not like you missed anything on day 1. The engineering they put around GPT to make it work as a smart translator and eloquent "brainstormer" and whatnot is impressive, but so far there's no killer app in sight. (The biggest bang for the buck seems to be Copilot.)
  - andybak 2y ago
    It is the killer app in itself. You might be underestimating it's impact and how much usage it's getting (not always for good things, not always for bad). It's totally permeated many areas of life for people.
    - tim333 2y ago
      Yeah >100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after launch, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history I've used it for some non trivial stuff. Legal advice and advice on launching a crypto project.
  - infecto 2y ago
    It definitely is a killer app and light years ahead any competing product. Github copilot is good but different use case to me. If you meant MSFT Copilot, well that I am not sure what benefit if any exists.
    - 2y ago

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