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Re:Mistral: Mixtral of Experts by opdahl on Monday December 11, 2023 @04:18AM (#38598931)
Maybe because GPT-3.5 is a free model so it's basically comparing free models with each other.
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Re:Mistral: Mixtral of Experts by skerit on Monday December 11, 2023 @05:07AM (#38599174)
Most people I know that actually use ChatGPT, use the free (GPT3.5) version. Not a lot of people are willing to pay the extra 20 euros per month.
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Re:Mistral: Mixtral of Experts by viraptor on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:48AM (#38599770)
Yet, if you want to go cheaper, you totally can by paying for the API access. Gpt4 is accessible there and you get to use your own app. $20 will last you way longer then a month if you're not a heavy user.
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Re:Mistral: Mixtral of Experts by skerit on Monday December 11, 2023 @09:23AM (#38600874)
True. Though I myself still use ChatGPT a lot more as I can quickly reach the $20 threshold via the API
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Re:Mistral: Mixtral of Experts by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Monday December 11, 2023 @12:36PM (#38602638)
It really depends on usage. If you need to have long conversations, or are sending huge texts, the all-you-can-eat for $20 plan will almost certainly be cheaper than API access.

If you're doing lots of smaller one shot stuff without a lot of back and forth, the API will be cheaper.

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Re:Mistral: Mixtral of Experts by criddell on Monday December 11, 2023 @08:54AM (#38600635)
Do you think it's getting close to the point where it adds a euro of value per workday (on average) for them?
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Re:Mistral: Mixtral of Experts by skerit on Monday December 11, 2023 @09:26AM (#38600896)
Depends on if they know how to use it. A lot of people still think it's just a google and wikipedia replacement. It doesn't really do anything super useful in that case.
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