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Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by cwdz1 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:18AM (#36311512)
But at this point it should be (maybe not OpenAI but some other organization). OpenAI is close to becoming a necessity and a human right just like education so it should be 100% free and accessible at some point.

EDIT: I meant AI, not specifically OpenAI.

Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by boucher on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:20AM (#36311538)
"OpenAI is close to becoming a necessity and a human right" is the wildest claim I have heard yet about AI. (Though it's possible that maybe someday I will agree with this).
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by rchaud on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:42AM (#36311906)
and some still say that AI isn't being overhyped.
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by ljm on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:39PM (#36312863)
“It’s my human right to delegate my thinking to a higher power” works for religions and cults so why not machine learning?
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by cwdz1 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:23AM (#36311602)
I say this calmly, it's wild for you because you're probably part of the privileged group of people who can sustain themselves with a steady job and has no problem paying for it.
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by vcg3rd on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:36AM (#36311812)
Like having access to HN via some form of Internet access?

Envy doesn't create rights for oneself nor does it impute privilege to others, and people who read and write on the internet about privilege seem blinkered, to me, about how they'd sound to someone who walks two miles for water polluted by the mining of rare earth elements.

Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by musingsole on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:55AM (#36312112)
> Envy doesn't create rights for oneself nor does it impute privilege to other

I'm saving this for posterity!

Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by rovr138 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:27AM (#36311672)
Question, why is this company a necessity and a human right?
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by cwdz1 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:32AM (#36311739)
See my edit. I meant AI generally (such as in AI-aided/enhanced learning, communication, teaching etc. etc.) not OpenAI the company per see. For disabled people (like me) first and foremost but right after the general populace as well.
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by Parmenidea on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:42AM (#36311917)
What is your definition of a human right, and why does AI access meet it?
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by reachableceo on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:37PM (#36314785)
What are your skills ? Do you want to work ?

Contact me to discuss . [email protected]

Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by wenc on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:23AM (#36311590)
ChatGPT has a free tier that anyone can sign up for. It’s eminently usable.
Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by nobody9999 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:46AM (#36311976)
>OpenAI is close to becoming a necessity

I disagree. What gives you the idea that any software is a necessity? We've (modern humans) been around for 200,000+ years and software (and LLMs for less than a tenth of the time that software has been around) has existed for ~0.04% of that time.

Oxygen (in its molecular, 02 form) is a necessity. Water is a necessity. Nutrition of some sort is a necessity.

Pretty much everything else is a nice-to-have (with some things like money and shelter being important, but as we see from the poverty and homelessness around the world, definitely not a necessity).

I'd posit that LLMs are helpful and sometimes even useful. But necessary? I think not.

I'd note that I'm not dismissing LLMs, nor am I trying to dump on you. But the idea that any software is necessary is ridiculous on its face.

cf. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessary

Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by airgapstopgap on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:11PM (#36312348)
Not OpenAI. But AI in principle? Perhaps.

This would have to be solved by actual nonprofits, though.

Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by SparkyMcUnicorn on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:40PM (#36312879)
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Re:Obsidian-Copilot: A Prototype Assistant for Writing and T... by glenneroo on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:42PM (#36313794)
If you use Microsoft Edge browser and go to bing.com, you can use chatGPT4 for free. Bard is also AFAIK free, albeit not as high-quality (yet).