Comment by paulddraper

This is why consensus will never produce innovation.

OpenAI has many plausible monetization avenues. (Whether it will execute on them -- a fair question. But acting like they just don't exist is low IQ.)

Take ONE example: online shopping.

Online shopping is $6-7 trillion per year, growing 7% annually.

Suppose ChatGPT captures 10% of that with a 5% fee. (Marketplaces like Amazon and Walmart charge 15%. Ebay is 5%.) That's $200B over five years.