Comment by DiogenesKynikos
12 hours ago
ChatGPT has been downloaded >1 billion times on the Android PlayStore. AI is incredibly popular.
People have all sorts of concerns about how AI will change society, but that's precisely because it's so useful for so many things. If it were useless or just a fad, there would be no reason to worry.
The startup where I worked had 1 million downloads (which is much less), but how many of those were using it daily vs trying it for 30 minutes and forgetting about it?
Less than 10% in our case :)
1 billion downloads, even if only 10% of those are active users, is a massive number.
Heck, I haven't even downloaded the ChatGPT app, but I use their website all the time.
AI use has taken off, and a large fraction of the population is using it regularly, if their own accord.