@omooretweets: I respectfully disagree! ~10% of the global population uses ChatGPT weekly, most of whom are using it like a Google rep…

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A tweet thread discussing ChatGPT usage patterns, noting that most users treat it as a Google replacement, while suggesting that converting Codex into ChatGPT Desktop was a missed opportunity.

I respectfully disagree! ~10% of the global population uses ChatGPT weekly, most of whom are using it like a Google replacement (basic searches) Power users, most of whom are developers, are fantastic...but we need to start exposing the mainstream consumer to what AI can do
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I respectfully disagree!

~10% of the global population uses ChatGPT weekly, most of whom are using it like a Google replacement (basic searches)

Power users, most of whom are developers, are fantastic…but we need to start exposing the mainstream consumer to what AI can do

Theo - t3.gg (@theo): fwiw, I think that turning Codex into ChatGPT Desktop is a generational fumble

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