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[@keksmlg]

I really don't like that the moment such things gain momentum their leadership's strategy switches to "how can we control how people do X thing the way we deem proper"...

[@haroldpierre1726]

Sam is diplomatic and avoids controversy. I think in his mind he wants to dominate Google. But you will never hear him say that.

[@kaynewest6167]

sam is gay , he sees world leaders how we see vagina

[@Nestorghh]

Love his answers on ads :)

[@zachmoyer1849]

not loving lex's lol

[@armencc]

Google Ads are more relevant to my search than the actual results. Just saying. Also Search is a portal to legit sources of information where I can assess where I'm getting that detail and maybe even how that detail was discovered (i.e., ncbi studies). With LLMs you are trusting the summary of a bot (may be wrong in its interpretations of conclusions made) and trusting the underlying details, which can definitely be wrong and conclusions can be biased or not based in facts. Its like an interpretation of and interpretation. It may be successful but it will compound mental laziness and misinformation.

[@second2none914]

Adds are the real dystopian future, it’s privacy invasion via data capture to sell to the highest bidder. It’s easy to say ‘I won’t sell adds.’ But will you sell my data to people who would inevitably use that information to sell adds?

[@notanemoprog]

*ClosedAI

[@saitejagutta5338]

Whats funny about Elon fanboys is that they completely ignore the part where he tried to make it "ClosedAI"

[@tonycrawford3348]

Another Elon npc, utterly clueless

[@rubes8065]

This is an incredibly important subject here. Sam is struggling to answer this question. The elephant in the room is Microsoft, still. The title of this video should be Microsoft/OpenAI vs Google Search/LLMs. I think OpenAI made a huge leap forward, but they aren’t as far ahead as everyone thinks they are.

[@ashish_sunny]

Bro was all 'open source' until he realised how much money this could make. I like how he said Twitter instead of X. 😂😂 To be fair, Twitter is a much better name for it!

[@dineshkumarmakarla8666]

I don't think any model without ads would sustain as a profitable business model. When you watch the whole interview he says, if you make a start-up be a nonprofit org, he would highly recommend not to start because it won't sustain. How does he think an ad-free search engine works for a business model? Majority, more than 90% wouldn't pay for ad-free search engine

[@phrakture1]

he doesn't care about any of this, google is a competitor so he's using this platform to lower perception of them and elevate his brand. it's marketing

[@jeancena3556]

No way this guy needs ads to sustain his business. He has other snakey ways to make his money with the platform.

[@keenanvandeusen]

I think they might need to monetize the implementations of free models with ads, like ChatGPT 3.5, but the paid models could remain ad-free. Spotify does this and it seems to have worked quite well for them (236 million paying subscribers which is about 40% of their total users).

[@derekholland3328]

thank you Lex. I also hate crappy interfaces. its like these companies dont understand user frustration.

[@DB57RB]

Let's be honest, Googles search results have gotten noticeably worse the last few years.

[@jzajzz]

All these SEO updates.. are making it worse

[@wzqdhr]

Because of rise of AI generated contents

[@TheXabl0]

Look up “dead internet google searches” and it’s creepy how Google results are pretty darn limited on what they choose to show you

[@HarpreetSingh-xg2zm]

I think some of it is out of google control, like seo optimization and so much more low quality content online now

[@kaynewest6167]

google how not to be stupid it might work for you

[@CF-xz1oc]

if you listen any Lex's clips at .75 speed, you will hear how a drunk Lex would sound like😄

[@jeffersonisleib]

I had never listened to the sound of Altman’s voice before, but his tone and cadence sounds shockingly like Dave Grohl to me for some reason.

[@Fialill]

😎🤘

[@Techtalk2030]

I think legacy internet might just be replaced by A.I. why come to an internet when you can generate everything you want via A.I, specially on the internet where most of the videos and even comments would be A.i generated in the first place or bots? Vids, music, movies etc.. will could all be created with A.I tools.

[@malindrome9055]

It's AI, not A.I.

[@keenanvandeusen]

Which leads to a bigger topic of reality. If we can each craft our own reality with AI that perfectly satisfies our needs/desires, why engage in the reality we're in now? Why engage with other humans at all? And could we even tell if they're humans or AI? It's very "Ready Player One"-esque but I worry that could be the distant future.

[@keenanvandeusen]

@@malindrome9055 Initialisms (not acronyms) can be written with or without periods, it's just based on preference. Think of "US" vs "U.S."--both are correct.

[@malindrome9055]

Its like the phrase Drop "the" facebook, its cleaner. Its just cleaner, and in books and people who talk about AI and know all about it dont use periods in AI@@keenanvandeusen

[@phillipsandcastle8387]

​@@malindrome9055can you write me a simple language model using nltk in Python? Assuming if you're correcting ppl you know a bit about how to build. Thx

[@Chaaos2]

This is the first clip in which I saw his humanity come across. Good stuff Sam!

[@moazafzal8872]

I love his energy

[@ValidatingUsername]

Be a shame if someone had a vested interest in accessing one’s Google search

[@Skuggfaks]

Not influenced by advertisers you say. How about influenced by the sponsors? KEK

[@adamvoid555]

another zuckerberg in the making

[@Vifnis]

"oh god please, No, no... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...." - Micheal Scott

[@himynameis294]

Nah Sam doesn’t have a soul.

[@JJN631]

​@@himynameis294you is a big fan of Elon musk right

[@vicheakeng4884]

OPEN SOUCERD, NEEDS LICENSED.

[@sloth_in_socks]

I'll bet my life that ChatGPT has ads in 1-2 years

[@rovers1972]

I’m a paying customer of OpenAI and I don’t think it will, want to put some money on that? USD50?

[@TheMeditationChannel33]

Talking about aesthetics.... ChatGPT should look way cooler and futuristic.It looks old and dusty now...

[@jeetm9603]

futuristic designs are mostly terrible they add unwanted clutter to ui making it less user friendly and doesn't have that familiar feeling. the ui chatgpt uses currently is simple and does the job well.

[@keenanvandeusen]

@@jeetm9603 I agree with both of you, if done improperly it can be really terrible but if done properly, it could really boost the user experience. I think the iOS app is really solid but the browser version could be snappier and it would be nice to have a desktop app. I was thinking of something that could just live in the toolbar at the top of the screen on macOS (next to control center, battery, etc.) so you can quickly ask it questions no matter what you're doing.

[@Vitto_homeslice]

Google colab ?

[@manonamission2000]

unlikely... Apple just signed on Google Gemini... not ChatGPT

[@LordAlmightyIAm]

@@manonamission2000the tables have turned. OpenAI will partner with APPL and MS to dethrone Google.

[@robtennapel78]

If you have to pay what about the poor?

[@corvinlord]

I don't like his energy.

[@steveclark9934]

It's way different than the first interview with Lex I noticed it too❤

[@Vifnis]

"ads are bad so give me money"