Lazy idiots
Comment on Not even OpenAI's $200/mo ChatGPT Pro plan can turn a profit
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 month ago
What is the use case for a $200 a month AI subscription? It’s a lot of money to spend on a novelty, clearly people are finding it useful.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That’s nothing to a business.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 month ago
What business though?
whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I run tech for a midsize business, and consult for several small businesses. Aside from one 4-person company, all of the businesses I oversee found it less expensive to host their own LLM in Azure than to pay for OpenAI’s subscriptions. I’m talking 10% of the cost of subscriptions for the same functionality.
The midsize business in particular has only seen measurable benefit from more specialized/global applications of “AI” tools, such as integrating machine learning into data analytics. There are a ton of people who use the LLM chat, but I think the mishaps caused by the LLM may have undone any efficiency gains. Either way, I’m sure glad they’re not paying hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for it.
dragonlobster@programming.dev 1 month ago
Lol, well obviously it would be cheaper to host an LLM that is smaller. Imagine the cost of hosting o1
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Any of the businesses that have hopped on the AI train. $200/month is basically the price of a single Indian call center employee. A company can pay for the AI subscription and fire 90% of the call center, using humans only for escalation.
fluxion@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Businesses that think shoving AI tools down everyone’s throat will create superior productivity so they can lay off workers