iASince the introduction of ChatGPT, adding “AI” to everything has become the dominant trend in IT. We considered AI for iA Writer. But obviously, we had to make sure not to destroy everything we had built over the last 15 years. We did not want our app to become an AI feature.
The recent troubles at OpenAI indicate that the company lacks identity and direction. The old board was set up to keep what was left of OpenAI’s openness open. The new board composition at OpenAI now includes representatives from Microsoft. It marks a transition towards unlimited profit, with the safety board dismissed, the not-for-profit aspect disbanded. But the impression it made remains. A Dalí elephant with long thin legs.
Panic pushed everyone to get on board without thinking. Old and new products became AI apps, often overpromising and following a simple recipe:
- Integrate ChatGPT
- Overpromise
- Rebrand GPT as proprietary AI
This trend led to a monotonous market of AI-this-and-AI-that. Companies large and small jumped into the ChatGPT lifeboat, trashing the uniqueness of their product. The result was just as predictable...
AI apps running on ChatGPT take the risk of becoming obsolete overnight. It’s easy for ChatGPT to integrate successful apps as a new feature. This is no longer speculation. It’s what happened to a wide range of startups already.
- Become indiscernible from competitors
- Loss of character and reason to be
- Competing with ChatGPT
- Getting Sherlocked
These were hand made, except the first which is a video still. No AI was involved, and no CEOs were harmed in photoshopping these. (And yes, making them was fun). https://ia.net/topics/no-feature
AI OS thought to the end. What no more apps in Windows could look like:
- Windows without windows: Give orders via GPT box in the taskbar. No more apps.
- Lean back: Let Windows do your work.
Fabio Bracht@ia VERY excited to see where this leads to.