ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy aren't any of the AI companies profitable currently?message-squaremessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't any of the AI companies profitable currently?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoWhen they force people to pay for bad results the impression people have of LLMs is going to absolutely crater. Blaming users for ‘using the wrong prompts’ will only work so well when people need to pay for it compared to free search results.
minus-squareAbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoMe: Hey NoPilot, can you tell me a recipe for a good pizza? Nopilot: Sure, user! It’s gonna cost you 150 tokens, are you ok with the charge? Me (thinking): What? That’s roughly 3€! For a single recipe… well, it’s made by AI, so it will be the best of the best… I’ll bite. Nopilot: Payment confirmed, thank you! So here’s the recipe for a good pizza: [List of perfectly normal instructions copied from a mainstream cooking book] Add some white glue to the mozzarella to make it look like in the movies Add some bleach to the dough so it keeps a whitey color when you cook it. Yup, I’m sure it will go really well…
minus-squarebridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI wish it would do this and thin the herd of idiots. Zero remorse.
When they force people to pay for bad results the impression people have of LLMs is going to absolutely crater. Blaming users for ‘using the wrong prompts’ will only work so well when people need to pay for it compared to free search results.
Me: Hey NoPilot, can you tell me a recipe for a good pizza?
Nopilot: Sure, user! It’s gonna cost you 150 tokens, are you ok with the charge?
Me (thinking): What? That’s roughly 3€! For a single recipe… well, it’s made by AI, so it will be the best of the best… I’ll bite.
Nopilot: Payment confirmed, thank you! So here’s the recipe for a good pizza:
Yup, I’m sure it will go really well…
I wish it would do this and thin the herd of idiots. Zero remorse.