[kwlug-disc] ChatGTP + Bing: we're entering a new paradigm and it's mind-blowing

[Ronald Barnes]

Khalid Baheyeldin wrote on 16/02/2023 10.16:

> I see this as FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) more than anything else.

I think this is both correct, but also almost wrong in the sense that it 
feels too dismissive.


Microsoft had a FOMO when this new internet thing came along and they 
didn't have a TCP/IP stack nor a browser.

They were entirely rational and correct to have a FOMO in that instance.


Google had a FOMO when they dabbled in mobile, then saw the first iPhone 
with touch screen, etc. and ditched their work on Android and began 
working on a touch screen version.

They were entirely rational and correct to have a FOMO in that instance.


Blackberry / RIM did *not* have a FOMO when iPhones hit the market. I 
imagine they regretted that, but they didn't survive it, so can't ask them.



TL;DR - the large players in the tech market are having a FOMO, and it's 
a rational response, because this can be a game-changer.


i.e. MS bundles access to this in Windows, Edge browser, etc. People 
begin using it (they already have begun using just the ChatGPT as a 
search engine, and it is not and was not designed to be a search engine, 
that is just an emergent property).

People quickly grow accustomed to having their search results summarized 
for them so in many cases they have no need to click through to the 
foot-noted sites where the results came from.

Those sites that are ad supported suddenly see a reduction in traffic.

Google's ad services are on those sites. Google sees a significant drop 
in revenue.

See: Google News and the various news organizations being unhappy with 
the snippets presented right in Google's page, without click-throughs.


This can (and, IMHO, is likely to) upset the internet landscape on a 
scale similar to mobile devices.


So, yeah, FOMO.  But, not because this is just a trend like 3D TVs.


My 2¢.

rb