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If the headline is true, this guy values the AI at $41.73, but his own time at $0/hr. If that's how we're measuring things, then my development team costs $0 a

If the headline is true, this guy values the AI at $41.73, but his own time at $0/hr. If that's how we're measuring things, then my development team costs $0 a month.

otoolep 1y ago
Blog post author here. From my perspective I didn't have a development team before. I have one now. I guess I am a member of that team now. But I hadn't thought of it like that -- another strange dimension to working Copilot (and its ilk).
- otoolep 1y ago
  Also, I don't value Copilot at $41.73. What actually happens is that GitHub charges me $41.73. I value it at way more. The consumer surplus here is substantial, IMHO.
  - bee_rider 1y ago
    I wonder what their profit margin is, on an inference. Wonder if it is positive or negative.
    - otoolep 1y ago
      I wonder the same thing myself, wouldn't surprise me if it's heavily subsidized. So much compute being given away for free.
- the__alchemist 1y ago
  > I have [a development team now] now. This is disconnected enough from how these words are normally used that the statement, and its downstream conclusions don't have a clear interpretation.