The 100 million user milestone - ChatGPT.

ChatGPT just crossed the 100 million monthly active user (MAU) mark.

Last month, ChatGPT broke records by getting to one million users in just five days after its launch. For context, this is something that took Instagram two and a half months to do. It took Twitter two years to hit one million users. And it took Netflix three and half years before it attracted a million users.

So ChatGPT blew everybody out of the water on that metric.

ChatGPT gets to 100 million users in just two months.

This is the fastest software application adoption in history. Even Instagram took two and a half years to attract 100 million users.

Of course, there are immense implications here.

Just last week, OpenAI launched its $20 a month subscription program for ChatGPT.

Microsoft now owns somewhere around 75% of OpenAI.

I've watched a few YT vids about it and what it looks like. Seems interesting. It also seems that if could replace Google searches for info.


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The 100 million user milestone - ChatGPT.
ChatGPT just crossed the 100 million monthly active user (MAU) mark.
Last month, ChatGPT broke records by getting to one million users in just five days after its launch. For context, this is something that took Instagram two and a half months to do. It took Twitter two years to hit one million users. And it took Netflix three and half years before it attracted a million users.
So ChatGPT blew everybody out of the water on that metric.
ChatGPT gets to 100 million users in just two months.
This is the fastest software application adoption in history. Even Instagram took two and a half years to attract 100 million users.
Of course, there are immense implications here.
Just last week, OpenAI launched its $20 a month subscription program for ChatGPT.
Microsoft now owns somewhere around 75% of OpenAI.
I've watched a few YT vids about it and what it looks like. Seems interesting. It also seems that if could replace Google searches for info.

ChatGPT reminds me of an old program for the TRS-80 called Elisa.

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Hello Flavio!

** On Tuesday 14.02.23 - 04:41, Flavio wrote to August Abolins:

The 100 million user milestone - ChatGPT. [...] Seems
interesting. It also seems that if could replace Google
searches for info.

ChatGPT reminds me of an old program for the TRS-80 called
Elisa.

It's more than just a chatterbot. (I do remember getting fooled
by some BBSes that had chatbots to think you were chatting with
the sysop.)

But I take back my remark about ChatGPT replacing Google. As is
sits now, Google basically collects the aggregate of a variety
of sources for searches, and YOU decide where you want to go.
But ChatGPT's answers are most likely sourced from one-sided
pre-established sources.

"GPT" stands for "Generative Pre-trained Transformer"

I only watched two videos on how a typical UI session works.
Very interesing. Apparently you can ask it full questions and
continue the process with related questions to fine-tune an
answer. It can even write or correct code, or write college
essays, etc.

I can't believe how large its userbase has grown in such a
short time. I'm guessing that most people just it for
entertainment and see how it handles controversial topics.

OpenAI might be a stock to watch though.
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On 13 Feb 2023, August Abolins said the following...

OpenAI might be a stock to watch though.
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I was playing with OpenAI a few weeks ago. I was asking it to write lyrics based on an idea etc. It wasn't quite useable. Try asking it for a short biography on yourself. You may have to feed it a little so it can find your info but it's still interesting what the 'net' knows. :-)

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Hi Darren...

Re: Re: ChatGPT?
By: Mickey to August Abolins on Tue Feb 14 2023 08:00 pm
Tried getting ChatGPT to rewrite some lyrics in a different style, "Eminem", and it altered the entire meaning and direction of the lyrics. Definitely not quite ready to replace anyone yet, but I'm sure in the next 10 years it will be able to write music, lyrics, and applications on the fly. Then we'll become obsolete.

It's pretty good at creating limericks:

There once was a bearded man named Arnold,
Who lived in the woods, all snug in a cabin so old,
He shared his abode with some mice,
Whose company he did not despise,
For they kept him company from the cold.

Then, I said.."You can do better".

In a cabin deep in the woods, lived Arnold with his furry friends,
A bearded man with tales to tell, his love for mice had no ends,
With every squeak and scurry,
Arnold never had to worry,
For in their cozy home, they all lived as the best of friends.

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Re: Re: ChatGPT?
By: Mickey to August Abolins on Tue Feb 14 2023 08:00 pm

Tried getting ChatGPT to rewrite some lyrics in a different style, "Eminem", and it altered the entire meaning and direction of the lyrics. Definitely not quite ready to replace anyone yet, but I'm sure in the next 10 years it will be able to write music, lyrics, and applications on the fly. Then we'll become obsolete.
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Tried getting ChatGPT to rewrite some lyrics in a different style, "Eminem", and it altered the entire meaning and direction of the lyrics. Definitely not quite ready to replace anyone yet, but I'm sure in the
next 10 years it will be able to write music, lyrics, and applications
on the fly. Then we'll become obsolete.

We are already pretty much "obsolete" in a lot of things... but still doing it! I asked ChatGPT for a brief python function that "destroys" the terminal screen, and it worked! So I added it to my ASCII TV :D I needed to tweak it a little, of course, but it was very exciting because I learnt something.

Have a nice day, Darren! :)

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Alejandro Filimonchuk wrote to Darren Darko <=-

We are already pretty much "obsolete" in a lot of things... but still doing it!

Many people are making money generating content for the web. It's good
work for remote and freelance workers. While they're not writing Great Literature, there's a market for people writing, even if it's stories
anchored around an influencer's Instagram posts. If I were doing that
for a living I would be very very scared of ChatGPT right now.




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Many people are making money generating content for the web. It's good work for remote and freelance workers. While they're not writing Great Literature, there's a market for people writing, even if it's stories anchored around an influencer's Instagram posts. If I were doing that
for a living I would be very very scared of ChatGPT right now.

You are right about this. They will be jobs of a time gone by, for sure... People will still write for pleasure, but this kind of jobs... yeah, not looking good.

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Mickey wrote to August Abolins <=-

I was playing with OpenAI a few weeks ago. I was asking it
to write lyrics based on an idea etc. It wasn't quite
useable. Try asking it for a short biography on yourself.
You may have to feed it a little so it can find your info
but it's still interesting what the 'net' knows. :-)

Yeah - I've asked for a couple of songs before - it helps in
that it's a good starting point or 'writing prompt.'

I'm logging in now to do the biography thing...

Okay - can't get it to know me... :-)




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Alejandro Filimonchuk wrote to Darren Darko <=-

We are already pretty much "obsolete" in a lot of things... but still doing it! I asked ChatGPT for a brief python function that
"destroys" the terminal screen, and it worked! So I added
it to my ASCII TV :D I needed to tweak it a little, of
course, but it was very exciting because I learnt something.

I've used it to help me create and then tweak some code... I like
how it had the knowledge of the internet!



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