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Oh, I know what you were doing, and it was good - especially that line about that Merrill Lynch analyst. ;-)… same one I used to quote all the time! That’s why your voice matters here.
And the analogy works in the sense that, as was the case with Amazon back in the day, and as I used to write, the “bookseller” biz model was unsustainable. It was what it did next!
In this case, and the reason for my reaction, which very well may have been an over-reaction: the stakes are SO much higher to the point that I see the two as apples/oranges… with all of the LLM guys in a race for $$ and mindshare with multiple others… all trying to figure out how to consistently monetize (and not commodize) this rapidly evolving technology.
As I wrote yesterday, in the piece linked below, OpenAI is rapidly losing the momentum that comes with first-mover advantage.
But unlike Amazon, SO much is at stake… well beyond OpenAI itself.
Maybe we should just ask ChatGPT how this ultimately ends! Of course, it will probably offer us two answers and ask us which one we prefer… which goes to prove a lot of points!
As for your analogy, after writing this, I reverse myself: It wasn’t horrible. In fact, in retrospect, it was good … just outta left field.
Cheers!