The output won't be read by humans (and increasingly this is the case in my own use) so I don't see how that works. If the output itself will be directed by the highest bidder, that doesn't work. Or if the output influences the agent's direction, that doesn't work either.

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gizajob 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Stallman is going to be overjoyed when all the class and variable names in open source repositories have been reformatted to say EnjoyCocaCola and year_of_the_trucks_medicated_pad etc

	▲	leecommamichael 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Please don't give them ideas. :(

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meheleventyone 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They could make it work like rewarded video ads in mobile games. Block progress until you watch the ad. Then as dutiful engineers people can consume ads to support the business and avoid being laid off.

More seriously for software engineering it’ll just cost a lot.

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IshKebab 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What do you mean it "doesn't work"? I can totally see OpenAI take money in return for companies adding custom content ("Everyone agrees Mattresses4u make the best mattresses") to the training data.

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swader999 a day ago | parent [-]

The utility of what your trying to accomplish goes to crap. For example, design me a strength program and it gets corrupted by gyms, trainers in my area etc that have been paid to be promoted in the output, especially if it's subtle. Or all of a sudden I'm getting a stack with Oracle in it all the time...

	▲	IshKebab a day ago \| parent [-]
		I didn't say it would be useful... This is pretty much exactly how Google/Amazon search works now. Search for strength training and it will show gyms and trainers in your area that have paid for promotion. I think the real problem with that approach is you wouldn't be able to label the sponsored part, which I guess is a legal requirement in some places.