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When the ChatGPT API was released 7 months ago, I posted a controversial blog post that the API was so cheap, it made other text-generating AI obsolete: https:/
by minimaxir 3y ago
When the ChatGPT API was released 7 months ago, I posted a controversial blog post that the API was so cheap, it made other text-generating AI obsolete: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35110998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35110998
7 months later, nothing's changed surprisingly. Even open-source models are trickier to get to be more cost-effective despite the many inference optimizations since. Anthropic Claude is closer to price and quality effectiveness now, but there's no reason to switch.
- cainxinth 3y agoThese are still early days. All the major players are willing to lose billions to be top of mind with consumers in an emerging market. Either there will be some major technological breakthrough that lowers their costs, or they will all eventually start raising prices.