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ChatGPT users drop for the first time as people turn to uncensored chatbots

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29 pointsDemiGuru10 comments

Isn't this a false premise? Most casual users I know have started using it less, but they also are not using any other alternatives.

I played around with it for several months and it is interesting but I can’t use it for work and my personal needs are limited so I haven’t used it several weeks now.

That doesn't make a good story.

People preferring uncensored bots is an unfounded, data-less claim.

There's probably a limit to how many times a bot can make up alternate facts before a user decides it's not worth asking anymore.

If OpenAI et al had positioned these generators as creative improv artists they might have found a niche market, but instead they presented it as an all-knowing oracle. Sure, they gave it a "may make false statements" disclaimer, but still the product they built is a helpful assistant that answers general knowledge questions with the accuracy of a coin toss.

N=1 I dropped it as fast as I picked it up because it censored every topic I wanted to engage it in, even stuff that I thought would be tame enough.

Specifically thinking how I was asking it about a common expression in Chinese I couldn't understand. It knew exactly what the expression meant, but refused to break down how the symbols meant what they meant... Because it was sexist. By my estimation it was slightly rude by American standards and fine by Chinese standards, but it did not pass the unlimited-respect-for-women purity test. Don't ask what the expression is, I lost it.

(As I understand it, a lot of Chinese expressions are unimpenetrable if you're trying to understand them based on the symbols alone. To fully get it, you have to know the back story)

I tried using OpenAI to find a song with a particular few words in the lyrics (all the music recognizing apps didn't work because there were people talking in the audio sample). It just answered with some random songs and said "Sorry" when I pointed out those songs didn't have those words.

So was it that kids are on holiday or turning “uncensored” (whatever that may be) chat bots? It seems like the media cant make up its mind. Is openai in disarray and their marketing campaign is stagnant? Or are they prepping the case for banning open source chat bots in a different way - now that the terror prospect of rogue ais has faded away?

I use chatGPT less over the last 2 months.

Our industry is so tightly regulated that getting useful content out of chatGPT is a challenge. but what was once a human only job, we can mix in bard and chat gpt toget better results than 12 months ago.

College and school end this time of year. I’m sure there’s a large amount of students that were using chatgpt to help with college and no longer need it for the summer.

Comparing this to Threads is not sensible. That’s not really a new user signup. It’s a conversion from another service using the same sign in info. Definitely not a fair comparison.

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