I Was Right...

GPT Plugins aren't gaining traction and I predicted it as soon as they were announced.

Latent Space broke this news shortly after Raza Habib’s interview was voluntarily censored.

Don’t take my word for it, Sam Altman apparently said it straight up. In what was intended (probably after the fact) to be a closed-door discussion, Sam Altman claimed that …

ChatGPT plugins aren’t really taking off because people want ChatGPT in their applications, not applications in ChatGPT. They wanted the UX more than the model.

I said precisely that four months ago and just weeks after GPT Plugins were announced. I was crucified on the forums for pitching such an irrational hypothesis.

You can’t have a ten-minute latte break at Starbucks without overhearing a conversation about GPT Plugins and how they will revolutionize customer experiences with brands and real-time data. These grandiose AI visions in the web context represent extremely early, deeply flawed assertions.

I went on in Canoli or Cake to explain the three things that will create plugin adoption friction and ultimately, what users will want.

We will taste the delightful creme-filling of integrated [plugin] AGI with our brands, our data, and even our personal knowledge base. However, the cake will probably be eaten elsewhere.

As my wife rarely says (because I’m not often found to be right), what now?

The Sobering Reality of Plugins

Now that we can all awake from the plugin party and gather more clarity while we nurse a hangover, the next question is - are chatbots the final UX form for LLMs?