Huh. Does this make any sense to anyone but you though? Why would someone read a book about something that doesn’t exist when they can choose to read any one of millions of books about things that do?
Have you heard the expression “putting the cart before the horse”? I just don’t see the logic here.
So there’s nothing to actual use here? I honestly don’t understand the point of this. Is it just to collect email addresses or something? Even the video on the main page is AI generated. Same goes for the blog post.
I think I have a stronger opinion on what happens when anyone can spin up an “app” without technical know how. I’m not surprised in the least by the clones given that anyone can talk an “app” into existence. The quality of that app is another thing entirely. In other words, I’m less worried about clones and more about the integrity of software engineering in general.
Alright, well if I’m wrong, then I apologize. That was just my read on your style of communication but of course I can’t prove anything, it just struck me as being written by ChatGPT. And based on some of the other observations made here by others I wasn’t alone. But again, sorry if I was off the mark.
Yes because they are. And the app is vibe coded. So all everyone in this thread is doing is chatting with ChatGPT about something it was told to write. There’s very little human interaction going on.
I can’t decide if it’s depressing or not that so much of the web and the discussion on it now revolves around subjects almost entirely fabricated by AI. The OP is using ChatGPT to write, then replying with ChatGPT, all about an app he built with ChatGPT. I get that we live in the AI era but there’s something sad about real people spending their time engaging with something a machine just spit out. In this case, the OP isn’t even the main character in his own story, he’s just the fingers copying and pasting code and words. An intermediary. We’re not getting authentic interactions from him or discussing something he actually created with his own skills.
It’s like the teacher who stays up all night grading papers, giving thoughtful feedback and carefully reading each one, only to learn most were generated by AI.
And yes I know about dead internet theory. But it’s posts like these that really make me miss the 90s and early 2000s where the learning was real and so were the people.
Looks great on mobile! I think it’s awesome. But I’d change the avatar to something more XP like and less Simpson-esque that has a less obvious GPT designed feel to it.
I didn’t have to scroll very far to find this kind of comment, which I was honestly expecting right from the get go. I feel like I’m always seeing this kind of feedback for these kinds of services.
Ironic timing considering their service has never performed so poorly as it is currently. One look at their subreddit paints a bleak picture at the moment, and is a far cry from a time when they were the AI darling.
And to add one more semi-interesting bit to this, I initially received my ADHD diagnosis after participating in a clinical trial I heard about on the radio living in FL in the early aughts. They were thorough in screening but I never did find out what group I was in or whether I was given the medicine or placebo. They were supposed to disclose that to us so many years after the study concluded but when I wrote in to find out, I was told the records were not kept and the clinic that had done the test was no longer operating. So who knows what I took for all those months. Some new experimental medication that never made it to market? Or a sugar pill?
Reading all of these anecdotes about how difficult it is for some people to not only get an ADHD diagnosis but also a prescription for medication makes me feel somewhat guilty. This has not been my experience living in the US. I was diagnosed over 20 years ago and since then have explored the full range of medications with various different doctors in different states. I don’t recall any of them scrutinizing me or being reluctant to prescribe. I just asked and received. And the pharmacy always filled without question. Only in the past 5 years in my state have I had to do a urine test before getting a prescription refill to prove I’m not abusing other drugs, but that’s it. I guess I’ve been lucky. To anyone curious, I recently started taking Zenzedi (which I only take once or twice per week) after reading good things about it on Reddit, and all that took was a simple note to the nurse practitioner (though she needs to have a MD write the script). They didn’t grill me on why I wanted to change from Concerta, and I even suggested my own starting dose of 10mg which she agreed to without hesitation. It’s sad to me that others are having to go through the gauntlet for the exact same thing….finding a med that works.
I’m looking for something that is aware of what is being discussed realtime, so if I zone out for a few minutes, I can ask it what I missed or to clarify something. Can this do that? If not, anybody know of something that can?
Yes, I think that’s right, but I find _what_ he says to be equally intolerable. I’m not interested in waiting patiently to hear someone overpromise again and again, contradict themselves on almost everything, pick public fights, or toss out provocative bad takes. This is a guy who hyped Dogecoin, called a guy he didn’t he didn’t like a pedo, announced Tesla would take Bitcoin and then reversed it, dismissed the pandemic as “dumb,” amplified far-right talking points, lashes out at anyone who challenges him, the list goes on and on. Honestly, it’d be better if he just stopped talking.
Weird. I got it immediately. I actually found out about it when I opened the app and saw it and thought “oh, a new model just dropped better go check YT for the video” which had just been uploaded. And I’m just a Plus user.
Have to disagree on this. Watching Elon trying to get a thought out always makes me cringe. Something about his communication style is incredibly frustrating for me.
I agree with your take, makes a lot of sense. I think most of the criticism I see directed at the presenters seems unfair. I guess some people expect them to be both genius engineers and expert on-screen personalities. They may feel a little stiff or scripted at times, but as an engineer myself I know I’d do a hell of a lot worse under these circumstances. Your view seems like a reasonable one to me.
Does using something like this mean you forfeit niceties like Projects, Memory, etc, that vendors like OpenAI and Anthropic give you out of the box? For me it’s more than just chat…having that context is hugely important across chats.