All media outlets are comparing GPTs to the Apple app store revolution back then and essentially pushing entrepreneur to jump in and create something.
To create a mobile app you need years of experience and in certain areas a team and tousen of dollars in other areas. To create a GPT, you answer questions in a wizard a upload documents, something that can be done a replicated in minutes, where is the sale value in there? What I see is a wrapper on top on chatgpt (like many other AI indie projects)
This is not a critique, I see the potential for internal use in a company or where the value resides on private documents, but I really don’t see a new application marketplace revolution in here. What am I missing? Or it is just hype?
It’s all of that. First check out the Gartner hype cycle. Understanding Gartner’s Hype Cycles.
Wantrepreneurs are big on magical thinking – and when you don’t have magic, the cutting edge serves as a substitute. That is why there is an overabundance of enthusiasm, but a poverty of imagination.
The no-code movement proceeded the current hype by decades. That too promised you wouldn’t have to focus (as much) on code. But people didn’t understand what the time freed up should have allowed them to spend time on.
Technology is a convenient excuse that diverts attention wonderfully. It removes roadblocks so you can see where more serious problems are. Unfortunately, all of those look back from a mirror.