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I see more and more non-tech people using LLMs.

I think none of them are paying for it beyond techies, but this is definitely not because they hate AI.

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They definitely won’t pay and I’m not sure there is a viable way to inject ads.

The way google did it was very sneaky and pretty smart really. They increased the infiltration of ads slowly over time. How do you do this in a chat interface? It’s a bit too ‘in your face’ and less camouflaged. The moment they get hit with an ad they’ll just go to another model - the switching cost is zero.

I keep waiting for LLM chats to "steer" to a specific vendor's solution (in exchange for that vendor's substantial fee of course) -- so when I ask "is my UPS repairable?" i might get tips to fix, replace the battery (with $VENDOR's chinesium nonsense perhaps), or straight lied to and told the UPS is now e-waste, but consider $VENDOR's sale on UPS's right now over at this link. Perhaps an affiliate link? who knows!

I pay for LLMs so I hope they don't leak that crassness into paying clientele -- but... how would I know if they did it subtly? I wouldn't! :/

An app that can run queries on all LLM’s at the same time and then figure out which answer is less like an advert might be the solution lol.

A bit like ad block plus.

Or using open source models.

Google Gemini already has ads, I see them all the time and they're usually Google Shopping affiliate links.

I’ve never seen them. Perhaps they’ve determined you’re not sensitive to ads (lol).

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