The average person doesn’t care what LLM/technique is used in their favorite applications. It just so happens to be that ChatGPT came out first, and they stuck with it simply because they are unaware of other options. For those who know about the existence of Claude or Gemini, they constantly model-switch. “LLM” is likely a foreign term to most non-CS majors.
With respect to my generation, most people use ChatGPT for answers. In fact, I had the chance to once share a $200/mo ChatGPT Pro subscription with 15 other students. Throughout the 8 months, there were barely any questions that stemmed from true curiosity. The idea of “prompting” for an answer is a very transactional interaction (think of the people in high school who are “friends” with smart people just to get homework help) . There is no persistence or relationship built between conversations. The only thing that could be considered cool about the tech is the “fast answers”, but people start expecting more and get disappointed quickly when they try to one-shot a project.
From a personal perspective, I do think LLMs are cool. I just think they need to be wrapped around a thoughtful experience to be made more accessible to the masses (which is why not all LLM wrappers are bad). I can’t wait for a future where the LLM opens up a conversation with something I may or may not find interesting.
Okay, so, like, teenagers use them, just in a kinda functional way where they’re not, like, excited about it? is like, more like “google” than like “myspace/facebook/snapchat” when each of those things was cool?
yes, that’s a good way to put it. In the beginning, it was definitely something young people were excited about. But LLMs are a lot more like utilities now. You use it when you need it and move on with life.
The average person doesn’t care what LLM/technique is used in their favorite applications. It just so happens to be that ChatGPT came out first, and they stuck with it simply because they are unaware of other options. For those who know about the existence of Claude or Gemini, they constantly model-switch. “LLM” is likely a foreign term to most non-CS majors.
With respect to my generation, most people use ChatGPT for answers. In fact, I had the chance to once share a $200/mo ChatGPT Pro subscription with 15 other students. Throughout the 8 months, there were barely any questions that stemmed from true curiosity. The idea of “prompting” for an answer is a very transactional interaction (think of the people in high school who are “friends” with smart people just to get homework help) . There is no persistence or relationship built between conversations. The only thing that could be considered cool about the tech is the “fast answers”, but people start expecting more and get disappointed quickly when they try to one-shot a project.
From a personal perspective, I do think LLMs are cool. I just think they need to be wrapped around a thoughtful experience to be made more accessible to the masses (which is why not all LLM wrappers are bad). I can’t wait for a future where the LLM opens up a conversation with something I may or may not find interesting.
Okay, so, like, teenagers use them, just in a kinda functional way where they’re not, like, excited about it? is like, more like “google” than like “myspace/facebook/snapchat” when each of those things was cool?
yes, that’s a good way to put it. In the beginning, it was definitely something young people were excited about. But LLMs are a lot more like utilities now. You use it when you need it and move on with life.