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> AI User Adoption (ChatGPT as Proxy) = Materially Faster vs. Internet Comparables

This is also interesting to see. ChatGPT currently has about 20 million paying subscribers and 400 million weekly active users.

Did 100 million people use chatGPT a few months into opening. Sure, but that was because of massive hype and word of mouth viral moments.

Is is comparable to Internet usage, especially from "years launched" X axis. Definitely not.

> 59 AI User Adoption (ChatGPT as Proxy) = Materially Faster + Cheaper vs. Other Foundational Technology Products

Another pointless comparison.




At some point I eyeballed a comparison to WhatsApp/Instagram/Snapchat growth, and IIRC although it was within the same order of magnitude, it still didn’t reach the rate of growth of those hypergrowth social apps.




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