I know some of you will probably read this and point to ChatGPT's users, and I quote myself here:
It has, allegedly, 500 million weekly active users — and, by the last count, only 15.5 million paying subscribers, an absolutely putrid conversion rate even before you realize that the actual conversion rate would be monthly active subscribers. That’s how any real software company actually defines its metrics, by the fucking way.
— Edward ZitronReplicated under Fair Use from The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble by Edward Zitron.