And given that society has decided that only the big entities get to win, the only viable AI assistants to use will eventually be the ones from big tech corpos like google and microsoft... in the same way you can't use a smartphone unless you enslave yourself to google or apple.

I really wish society in general figured out how bad it is to bet everything on big corporations, but alas here we are, ever encroaching on the cyberpunk dystopia we've fictionalized many decades ago :(

> You might be surprised to learn that I actually think LLMs have the potential to be not only fun but genuinely useful. “Show me some bullshit that would be typical in this context” can be a genuinely helpful question to have answered, in code and in natural language — for brainstorming, for seeing common conventions in an unfamiliar context, for having something crappy to react to.

> Alas, that does not remotely resemble how people are pitching this technology.

Slanting this towards a specific brand doesn't change that much. Some yes, but not that much.

Given that, I don’t think people would change their ChatGPT usage habits much if ads were introduced.

How does anyone know if a question on how to fix something or tutorial is not recommending specific solutions or products based on someone paying for that recommendation?

Google would suggest people have an incredibly high threshold for such shenanigans