ChatGPT: Platform or Destination? Please, *please* not a destination!

John Battelle
4 min readFeb 3
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (left), and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Image Microsoft

(original post at Searchblog)

Do generative AI innovations like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s LaMDA represent a new and foundational technology platform like Microsoft Windows, Apple iOS or the Internet? Or are they just fun and/or useful new products that millions will eventually use, like Google Docs or Instagram? I think the answer can and…

John Battelle

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