▲ 434 ▼ Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out (www.bleepingcomputer.com) submitted 11 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments Here we go.... It took them some time but ads is going to be inside chat gpt as well. And impossible to block.
[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 107 points 11 months ago (7 children) And the enshitification cycle continues... permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] zz31da@piefed.social 49 points 11 months ago (6 children) Do you think it’s possible to run the cycle too quickly? Like, shouldn’t you make sure your product has been widely maximally adopted first before you make it shittier? May be that’s just hopium permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago (1 child) Even the enshittification cycle got enshittified. Glorious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago Late stage enshitification. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grace_Schlick@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 11 months ago Well, you go as wide as you can, then try to cash in. Looks like, given that porn and ads are both imminent, they think this is maximum adoption. permalink fedilink source parent [–] IronBird@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago yes, this is how bubbles pop permalink fedilink source parent [–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago AI is just soooo fucking expensive. Silicon Valley has made burning cash up front a standard practice, but the amount they're burning is just astronomical. There is going to be a demand for profits, or the path to profits, much sooner than usual. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 point 11 months ago Speedrunning exists already, so you could just apply that philosophy to tech startups. At first, you’re good to your users. Once you have 10, you can start milking them with spyware and ads. This way, you’ll sacrifice the users in favor of the ad companies. Before the first quarter is over, you’re already milking the ad companies too. Once they get fed up with the ramped up prices, you can file for bankruptcy in record time! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zz31da@piefed.social 49 points 11 months ago (6 children) Do you think it’s possible to run the cycle too quickly? Like, shouldn’t you make sure your product has been widely maximally adopted first before you make it shittier? May be that’s just hopium permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago (1 child) Even the enshittification cycle got enshittified. Glorious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago Late stage enshitification. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grace_Schlick@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 11 months ago Well, you go as wide as you can, then try to cash in. Looks like, given that porn and ads are both imminent, they think this is maximum adoption. permalink fedilink source parent [–] IronBird@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago yes, this is how bubbles pop permalink fedilink source parent [–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago AI is just soooo fucking expensive. Silicon Valley has made burning cash up front a standard practice, but the amount they're burning is just astronomical. There is going to be a demand for profits, or the path to profits, much sooner than usual. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 point 11 months ago Speedrunning exists already, so you could just apply that philosophy to tech startups. At first, you’re good to your users. Once you have 10, you can start milking them with spyware and ads. This way, you’ll sacrifice the users in favor of the ad companies. Before the first quarter is over, you’re already milking the ad companies too. Once they get fed up with the ramped up prices, you can file for bankruptcy in record time! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago (1 child) Even the enshittification cycle got enshittified. Glorious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago Late stage enshitification. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago Late stage enshitification. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grace_Schlick@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 11 months ago Well, you go as wide as you can, then try to cash in. Looks like, given that porn and ads are both imminent, they think this is maximum adoption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago yes, this is how bubbles pop permalink fedilink source parent
[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago AI is just soooo fucking expensive. Silicon Valley has made burning cash up front a standard practice, but the amount they're burning is just astronomical. There is going to be a demand for profits, or the path to profits, much sooner than usual. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 point 11 months ago Speedrunning exists already, so you could just apply that philosophy to tech startups. At first, you’re good to your users. Once you have 10, you can start milking them with spyware and ads. This way, you’ll sacrifice the users in favor of the ad companies. Before the first quarter is over, you’re already milking the ad companies too. Once they get fed up with the ramped up prices, you can file for bankruptcy in record time! permalink fedilink source parent