Well obviously they will have thousands of applications from which they need to make a selection removing trolls, luddites, etc.
How would you do it without asking for some applicants' details?
How would you do it without asking for some applicants' details?
Do the luddites opinions not count?
It seems like a sloppy way to simulate intelligence.
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses"
You don't poll people to find out what they want. You poll people to gather their ideas. Ideas that you can then leverage to deliver what your intended audience wants, even when they didn't know that they wanted it!
If we assume this party you are throwing has 10 guests, you think you're going to get all the best ideas from those 10 specific people and nothing from the hundreds of people you could have asked? Maybe if you're throwing a party for professional party planners, but otherwise...
The artificial divide you are trying to create is unnecessary and not a reflection of the real world. Most people will gather input from as far as wide as they can. They might not be able to operate at anything close to OpenAI scale, but even Average Joe will turn to random strangers (e.g. on Facebook or Reddit) to get party ideas.
Sure, one of my customers in Kansas might have a brilliant idea that I've never considered, but much more likely I'll already be familiar with anything they can dream up.
1. They are going to come from much the same background as I.
2. They are apt to be home cooks at best, while a burger joint is expected to elevate.
Topping a burger is an implementation detail. Within reason, the customer doesn't really care about what is on the burger as long as it tastes good. In a similar vein, are you going to ask the expected users of your new cat meme app which programming language you should use?