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stavros
24 days ago
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The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelica...
Have we shifted the goalposts from "something people will pay for" to "needs to be profitable even with massive R&D" then?
otabdeveloper4
24 days ago
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OpenAI is not "something people will pay for" at the moment though.
stavros
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Except lots of people are paying for it. I'll refer you to the other post on the front page for the calculation that OpenAI would have to get just an extra $10/yr from their users to break even.
otabdeveloper4
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Your response reminds me of that joke about selling a dollar bill for ninety cents.
stavros
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Your response makes me think we have different definitions for profitability.
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