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Spend, not lose. And it's mostly on training, not inference.
by MaybiusStrip 2y ago
Spend, not lose. And it's mostly on training, not inference.
- kaoD 2y agoThey would need 250 million GPT Plus $20 subscribers to recoup a $5 billion expense. They're far from that even when we count the free users (which are likely 99% of the user base?) The math just doesn't work. They're hemorrhaging money as far as I can tell (not counting the Azure computing deal). We can only guess, but my guess is that inference is still a good chunk of their costs. That's why they're trying to get the mini/turbo models into a usable state. Even then, training is still an expense. And it's not like you can train and forget. Even if your model is already trained you still need to incorporate new knowledge over time.
- danielmarkbruce 2y agoRedo the math....
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- kaoD 2y agoOuch, $5b yearly of course!
- danielmarkbruce 2y agoMakes it seem more tenable huh. Honestly they could charge me $200 a month and I'd pay it.
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