alt Hacker NewsMany cloud products now continuously send themselves the input you type while you are typing it, to squeeze the maximum possible amount of data from your interactions.
I don’t know whether ChatGPT is one of those products, but if it is, that behavior might be a side effect of blocking the input pipeline until verification completes. It might be that they want to get every single one of your keystrokes, but only after checking that you’re not a bot.
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I just checked the network inspector, the only thing it does per key press is to generate an autocomplete list. It doesn't seem too hard to wait with the autocomplete generation until after whichever checks you run pass.
I wondered if ChatGPT streams my message to the GPU while I type it, because the response comes weirdly fast after I submit th message. But I don't know much about how this stuff works.
It's still possible to let users already type from the beginning, just delay sending the characters until checks are complete. Hold them in memory until then.