Cheatseek reveals recipe for innovation: Copy ChatGPT, Add MSG, Serve Lukewarm

Groundbreaking news coming out of China this week! Cheatseek, the Chinese ChatGPT alternative, has revealed their groundbreaking algorithmic technique, affectionately known as the “Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V method” that upon closer inspection appears to be a pixelated carbon copy of ChatGPT duct-taped to a clearance sticker.

It seems the bold pioneers over in the orient have truly cracked the code!! Simply take OpenAI’s meticulously engineered, multi-billion dollar technology, toss it into a metaphorical blender, pour it into a knockoff cup and announce it boldly as progress.

Their press release (typed in comic sans to keep costs down) states that Cheatseek’s new marvel is going to “democratise AI”. Sounds to us like they just couldn’t afford OpenAI’s API fees so they frankensteined a budget-bot, with the charm of Microsoft Word’s Clippy, the IQ of a toaster and political leanings to the left of Chairman Mao.

“We’re proud to bring the great leader’s vision of intelligent conversation to the masses” beamed their CEO whilst furiously Googling “How to spell algolithm in Engrish???”. Sources close to Cheapseek say that the model has been trained on Reddit threads, expired fortune cookies and the toxic energy of all of Elon Musk’s tweets.

So what does this mean for users? I think we can expect all of the insight of ChatGPT, minus nuance, grammar or basic dignity and suspiciously forgetful of anything that happened in a certain square in 1989.