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[32gbsd]

VR? I dont know it too fresh to really compare it to anything right now because its still in the "oh shiny" phase.

[nicenewtemp84 → 32gbsd]

I have a vr unit of some kind, the $300 Facebook one. No other $300 entertainment device has ever held my interest for less time than the VR headset.

[AlecSchueler → 32gbsd]

I've never personally come across anyone using VR in their work, but I'm meeting non techies every week who are using ChatGPT in their work: legal admins, illustrators, translators electrical engineers etc.

VR has its place but I think these language models are way more broadly useful.

[32gbsd → AlecSchueler]

Yeah thats you. But i am looking at the bigger picture. Usefulness to me has to span demographics.

[AlecSchueler → 32gbsd]

There's no need to be snarky?

I felt that the broad range of professionals I've met using ChatGPT in their daily work, already so soon after launch and while the technology is still unproven, was suggestive of its applicability across demographics.

[scarface74 → 32gbsd]

VR has been “the next big thing” since the 80s.

[xzel → scarface74]

So has AI. Seems pretty apt comparison though AI has pulled ahead recently.