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@NotOscarWilde drop your email here, I will reach out and happy to get you a pro account for a few months so you can try 5.5 pro.(work at OAI)

thierrydamiba 5mo ago
Shoutout to you-I will match it if they need other resources. (I don’t work at OAI, just think this is cool)
- alsetmusic 5mo ago
  You know what, I'm ashamed that I didn't think of this. I'll sponsor three months. Email in my hn profile. I don't understand the math in the article, but I'd love to help you make progress in it.
  - fragmede 5mo ago
    same.
- NotOscarWilde 5mo ago
  I will leave the contact up for a bit longer if people want to get in touch and share their experience with the research gap of the models -- or anything, really -- but I do not think there is any need of further support. Like I said elsewhere, the offer of support made my day and the gesture is enough. Thank you.
NotOscarWilde 5mo ago
This requires a major "dox" of myself, but I am really grateful for the offer, so these are my academic contacts: https://pastebin.com/hNYrCjhL https://pastebin.com/hNYrCjhL I probably will erase the contents in a few days. Even if you just drop an email and it doesn't work out, I appreciate this gesture so much. Thank you.
- vthallam 5mo ago
  Got the contact, will reach out tomorrow, you can delete them.
- teiferer 5mo ago
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teiferer 5mo ago
While this sounds generous (and in some ways it is), it does not address the general point that GP is making. That is, the systematic disadvantage which large parts of humanity have w.r.t. to access to the tools. You could say they can't drive a Lambhorgini either, but that also doesn't solve the problem.
- Scea91 5mo ago
  Its a problem of the individual institutions and countries. The budget required for AI tools currently is negligible compared to other university expenses. We don't need to call everything a systemic disadvantage when the disadvantaged (at the institution level) have agency here.
  - NotOscarWilde 5mo ago
    Can you tell me what is the budget necessary to supply AI tools capable of substantial research assistance to all academic staff at a university? You seem to have a good estimate in your head; I definitely do not. From personal experience, ChatGPT 5.5 (the Plus tier) is excellent for programming tasks and also for various teaching related tasks but I have not observed the research benefits that Tim Gowers has when I asked it questions in my area of expertise. So the costs are definitely higher than a few dozen $ a month per PhD/professor. You might be right that universities should immediately spring into action and demand funding for research level AI resources and hardware. One thing you might be mistaken in is that public universities are unfortunately very inflexible institutions; one reason for this is that they have a large internal leadership structure AND they are funded by the state, so even if the entire university agrees on something, the funding is at the whim of the ministry of education and thus the current political leadership.
    - krab 5mo ago
      > Can you tell me what is the budget necessary to supply AI tools capable of substantial research assistance to all academic staff at a university? I think the GP meant that *if the tools provide substantial benefit* to staff, their costs can be compared to salaries and other large expenses of the university. The $100/month subscription costs less than your office space.
layer8 5mo ago
And what should he do after the few months?
lelanthran 5mo ago
This doesn't solve the problem, though: having the ability to finish a field of study without paying a toll to a token provider.

thierrydamiba 5mo ago

Shoutout to you-I will match it if they need other resources. (I don’t work at OAI, just think this is cool)

alsetmusic 5mo ago
You know what, I'm ashamed that I didn't think of this. I'll sponsor three months. Email in my hn profile. I don't understand the math in the article, but I'd love to help you make progress in it.
- fragmede 5mo ago
  same.
NotOscarWilde 5mo ago
I will leave the contact up for a bit longer if people want to get in touch and share their experience with the research gap of the models -- or anything, really -- but I do not think there is any need of further support. Like I said elsewhere, the offer of support made my day and the gesture is enough. Thank you.

NotOscarWilde 5mo ago

This requires a major "dox" of myself, but I am really grateful for the offer, so these are my academic contacts: https://pastebin.com/hNYrCjhL https://pastebin.com/hNYrCjhL I probably will erase the contents in a few days. Even if you just drop an email and it doesn't work out, I appreciate this gesture so much. Thank you.

vthallam 5mo ago
Got the contact, will reach out tomorrow, you can delete them.
teiferer 5mo ago
[flagged]

teiferer 5mo ago

While this sounds generous (and in some ways it is), it does not address the general point that GP is making. That is, the systematic disadvantage which large parts of humanity have w.r.t. to access to the tools. You could say they can't drive a Lambhorgini either, but that also doesn't solve the problem.

Scea91 5mo ago
Its a problem of the individual institutions and countries. The budget required for AI tools currently is negligible compared to other university expenses. We don't need to call everything a systemic disadvantage when the disadvantaged (at the institution level) have agency here.
- NotOscarWilde 5mo ago
  Can you tell me what is the budget necessary to supply AI tools capable of substantial research assistance to all academic staff at a university? You seem to have a good estimate in your head; I definitely do not. From personal experience, ChatGPT 5.5 (the Plus tier) is excellent for programming tasks and also for various teaching related tasks but I have not observed the research benefits that Tim Gowers has when I asked it questions in my area of expertise. So the costs are definitely higher than a few dozen $ a month per PhD/professor. You might be right that universities should immediately spring into action and demand funding for research level AI resources and hardware. One thing you might be mistaken in is that public universities are unfortunately very inflexible institutions; one reason for this is that they have a large internal leadership structure AND they are funded by the state, so even if the entire university agrees on something, the funding is at the whim of the ministry of education and thus the current political leadership.
  - krab 5mo ago
    > Can you tell me what is the budget necessary to supply AI tools capable of substantial research assistance to all academic staff at a university? I think the GP meant that *if the tools provide substantial benefit* to staff, their costs can be compared to salaries and other large expenses of the university. The $100/month subscription costs less than your office space.

layer8 5mo ago

And what should he do after the few months?

lelanthran 5mo ago

This doesn't solve the problem, though: having the ability to finish a field of study without paying a toll to a token provider.