November 1, 2023:
- Not enough consumers know what ChatGPT is or are aware of its power
- Even fewer know how good the latest image generation capabilities are
- People are still shocked by the quality of lip syncing with translation or voice mode on ChatGPT
- There is room to arbitrage work since people don’t know how much faster it could be
- Consumer products are not consumer friendly, things seem hard to use, the average consumer doesn’t know how to upload a file
- The average consumer thinks these things are obvious and have always been there
- Many people react either with shock and disbelief or they don’t care at all
- My theory is that they don’t want transformation, people hate change
- Make things people will actually need, not just a toy they play with temporarily
March 23, 2025: The original speculation was written about a year after ChatGPT. It’s been incredible to see how almost everyone today is aware of AI, and most people have used it once. Things like Advanced Voice Mode and image generation tools have really broken through to the mainstream due to how accessible they are to understand.