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> It obviously went through lots of files in both prompts but total cost? Just $0.09 for the Pro version. When people say that LLMs aren't worth it, it kills m
by onlyrealcuzzo 6mo ago
> It obviously went through lots of files in both prompts but total cost? Just $0.09 for the Pro version.
When people say that LLMs aren't worth it, it kills me.
A lot of us, on average, make $100+ an hour. $0.09 is < 4 seconds of our time.
You can't even read the vast majority of prompt responses that fast.
LLMs will continue to get better (I'm doubtful at previous rates, all indications are showing that progress is slowing and costs are increasing disproportionately).
It seems like >50% of devs think LLMs provide less than 0 value. I just do not get it.
Did they use an LLM one time 3 years ago and decide it's never going to be worth it? Have they even tried? Or have you only ever tried it on 1 giant, monolythic proprietary codebase where they're a total expert and decided that an LLM isn't as good as them, so it's "completely worthless"?
They are shockingly unhelpful on my company's codebase.
But that doesn't mean they are flat-out worthless.
- kelnos 6mo agoI know I'm guilty of making this sort of argument sometimes, but it's just not valid. I don't get paid for every waking hour of every day. Often I'm using an LLM for something that's uncompensated, so my hourly wage equivalent is irrelevant. And for times when we might use an LLM for something related to paid work, it's still money out of your paycheck (unless the employer is paying for it; go nuts in that case). And it's not like using the LLM lets you go home early if it saves you time. You just end up doing more work. I still use them because they're a useful tool sometimes. But I don't pretend it has negligible or no cost. (Not to mention the externalities around electricity use, crazy data center buildout, skyrocketing GPU and RAM prices, etc.)
- killingtime74 6mo agoI don't understand, your employer doesn't pay for your AI use? If my employer didn't pay for it I just wouldn't use it at all out of principle. Just as I don't buy my own work laptop
- fragmede 5mo ago> You just end up doing more work. Might want to dig into that one a bit deeper there.
- ifwinterco 6mo agoBiggest issue with Opus for me is not so much that it's expensive (though it is), but the fact it's slow especially during US working hours. I prefer using slightly worse but significantly quicker models on a tighter leash and iterating faster, feels more productive
- mastermage 6mo agoVery American centered POV
- culopatin 5mo ago100+ on average?! That hurt.