I’ve been watching The Talk Show interview from last week’s WWDC and heard Nilay Patel say that people are using LLM’s “100’s of times a day”.
Really? That must be a massive exaggeration, driven by the hype.
Personally, I’ve got installed the chatGPT app in December and Google’s relentless advertising wore me down to point where I gave in and installed Gemini in April…
And now what?…
In 6-7 months I think I’ve used them 10-12 times. Not 10-12 times a day, just 10-12 times across both apps. Despite the all podcasts, the advertising and hubbub around the LLM bubble I’ve not yet found WTF I’m supposed to be using these apps for.
If I want to research content then I’m looking for product reviews or articles from real people who’ve done the work and present the content.
I guess I don’t see the appeal of an instant message type response from an LLM which is 20-80% accurate, and I’ve possibly no way to determine what’s correct without the repeat work myself, i.e. looking for content from real people who’ve done the work, then comparing it to LLM on LSD.
One the keys to any successful product or service is that the benefits should be obvious, to the point where the product almost sells itself. There shouldn’t be the need to conduct your own research to determine this benefits.