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>>tablet+(OP)
It's fascinating how over the past year we have had almost daily posts like this one, yet from the outside everything looks exactly the same, isn't that very weird?

Why haven't we seen an explosion of new start-ups, products or features? Why do we still see hundreds of bug tickets on every issue tracking page? Have you noticed anything different on any changelog?

I invite tptacek, or any other chatbot enthusiast around, to publish project metrics and show some actual numbers.

>>pera+2u1
i don't know - I agree we haven't seen changes to our built environment, but as for an "explosion of new start-ups, products" we sort of are seeing that?

I see new AI assisted products everyday, and a lot of them have real usage. Beyond the code-assistants/gen companies which are very real examples, here's an anecdote.

I was thinking of writing a new story, and found http://sudowrite.com/ via an ad, an ai assistant for helping you write, its already used by a ton of journalists and serious writers, and am trying it out.

Then i wanted to plan a trip - tried google but saw nothing useful, and then asked chatgpt and now have a clear plan

>>abe94+JN1
> I was thinking of writing a new story, and found http://sudowrite.com/ via an ad, an ai assistant for helping you write, its already used by a ton of journalists and serious writers, and am trying it out.

I am not seeing anything indicating it is actually used by a ton of journalists and serious writers. I highly doubt it is, the FAQ is also paper thin in as far as substance goes. I highly doubt they are training/hosting their own models yet I see only vague third party references in their privacy policy. Their pricing is less than transparent given that they don't really explain how their "credits" translate to actual usage. They blatantly advertise this to be for students, which is problematic in itself.

This ignores all the other issues around so heavily depending on LLMs for your writing. This is an interesting quirk for starters: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape... . But there are many more issues about relying so heavily on LLM tools for writing.

So this example, to me, is actually exemplifying the issue of overselling capabilities while handwaving away any potential issues that is so prevalent in the AI space.

>>creesc+f22
Hey co-founder of Sudowrite here. We indeed have thousands of writers paying for and using the platform. However, we aim to serve professional novelists, not journalists or students. We have some of both using it, but it's heavily designed and priced for novelists making a living off their work.

We released our own fiction-specific model earlier this year - you can read more it at https://www.sudowrite.com/muse

A much-improved version 1.5 came out today -- it's preferred 2-to-1 vs Claude in blind tests with our users.

You're right on the faq -- alas, we've been very product-focused and haven't done the best job keeping the marketing site up to date. What questions do you wish we'd answer there?