• acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    it’s here

    it’s “% of U.S. adults who say they ever use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot”. They didn’t ask about regular use, it’s the total number of people who have ever used a chatbot in any capacity. So with that framing 49% doesn’t surprise me. Of course the percentage of people who have ever used a chatbot is going to go up over time.

    • bigbangdangler@reddthat.com
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      25 days ago

      Of course the percentage of people who have ever used a chatbot is going to go up over time.

      Yes, and crucially, it never goes down.

      It’s like asking: “do you use a motor vehicle?” And then counting everyone who has ever been in a car, a truck, a bus, or potentially even a train as a yes. It plainly conflates active users with exploratory or incidental users.

      The only reason to do such things is to inflate numbers because being honest about them makes it look bad.