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This is hacker news, a title that includes breaking the rules. Should almost be a matter of pride to get it for less than $20..

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behnamoh 4y ago
> Should almost be a matter of pride to get it for less than $20. When you're a high schooler, yes, even Steve Jobs did it. But when your monthly salary is easily in the thousands, it's not a matter of pride to get it for <$20, it's a matter of stupidity.
- anhner 4y ago
  I agree, it's stupid to pay $20 for something you can get for 2 cents
  - SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
    $20/mo, for the people in this situation, is not an amount of money worth thinking about.
    - selcuka 4y ago
      > I agree, it's stupid to pay $20 for something you can get for 2 cents > $20/mo, for the people in this situation, is not an amount of money worth thinking about. I don't follow this logic. In this case everything that is currently sold for 2 cents can also be sold for $20, because "it is not an amount of money worth thinking about" (at least for some people).
      - SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
        For some people.
    - emsixteen 4y ago
      Your perception of money really isn't consistent with the vast majority, I'd imagine. Frivolously throwing money at unnecessary subscriptions isn't something for me.
      - SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
        You get to call this frivolous, but my perception of money isn't consistent? Interesting.
        emsixteen 4y ago
        > consistent with the vast majority As ever the whole sentence is important, rather than just picking out a part of it.
        SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
        What part did I miss?
        emsixteen 4y ago
        > with the vast majority
wongarsu 4y ago
For most use cases, normal GPT-3 provides just as good results as Chat-GPT (though Chat-GPT is a better interface). So I guess if you don't use it much, or you can use one of the less powerful versions, the pay-as-you-go model of GPT-3 is much cheaper. On the other hand, it's certainly possible to spend more than $20/month on GPT-3.
- IanCal 4y ago
  GPT3 also doesn't have the same restrictions. It might be preferable if you're tired of getting "I can't do X I'm a large language model" even if it wasn't cheaper.

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behnamoh 4y ago

> Should almost be a matter of pride to get it for less than $20. When you're a high schooler, yes, even Steve Jobs did it. But when your monthly salary is easily in the thousands, it's not a matter of pride to get it for <$20, it's a matter of stupidity.

anhner 4y ago
I agree, it's stupid to pay $20 for something you can get for 2 cents
- SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
  $20/mo, for the people in this situation, is not an amount of money worth thinking about.
  - selcuka 4y ago
    > I agree, it's stupid to pay $20 for something you can get for 2 cents > $20/mo, for the people in this situation, is not an amount of money worth thinking about. I don't follow this logic. In this case everything that is currently sold for 2 cents can also be sold for $20, because "it is not an amount of money worth thinking about" (at least for some people).
    - SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
      For some people.
  - emsixteen 4y ago
    Your perception of money really isn't consistent with the vast majority, I'd imagine. Frivolously throwing money at unnecessary subscriptions isn't something for me.
    - SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
      You get to call this frivolous, but my perception of money isn't consistent? Interesting.
      - emsixteen 4y ago
        > consistent with the vast majority As ever the whole sentence is important, rather than just picking out a part of it.
        SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
        What part did I miss?
        emsixteen 4y ago
        > with the vast majority

wongarsu 4y ago

For most use cases, normal GPT-3 provides just as good results as Chat-GPT (though Chat-GPT is a better interface). So I guess if you don't use it much, or you can use one of the less powerful versions, the pay-as-you-go model of GPT-3 is much cheaper. On the other hand, it's certainly possible to spend more than $20/month on GPT-3.

IanCal 4y ago
GPT3 also doesn't have the same restrictions. It might be preferable if you're tired of getting "I can't do X I'm a large language model" even if it wasn't cheaper.