> Both of these "arguments" could be applied to any of the big tech giants of the last 25 years - Google, Amazon, Facebook, Uber, whatever (and there'd be other incumbents used by billions of people before them). I don't believe these arguments discount ChatGPT from having the potential to continue growing like a Facebook. And who cares how many journalists Altman knows, you don't get a product written about that much unless it's truly a groundbreaking product.
I don't get these statements. This line of thinking is so egregious, FTX made an ad about it. This is survivorship bias. If 'wrong' predictions about some can be discrediting, then why not right predictions to establish credibility? The same people were right about the Segway, crypto, metaverse, web3, that dog walking startup that Softbank burned money on, and countless other harebrained endeavors.
Even in your example, Uber is a financial crime. It is still using accounting tricks to show profit.
I don't get these statements. This line of thinking is so egregious, FTX made an ad about it. This is survivorship bias. If 'wrong' predictions about some can be discrediting, then why not right predictions to establish credibility? The same people were right about the Segway, crypto, metaverse, web3, that dog walking startup that Softbank burned money on, and countless other harebrained endeavors.
Even in your example, Uber is a financial crime. It is still using accounting tricks to show profit.