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Re:OpenAI Plots Charging $20k a Month for PhD-Level Agents by acchow on Thursday March 06, 2025 @01:59AM (#43277247)
We're in the early days, like back when Uber offered $2.50 rides anywhere in San Francisco. They burned through tons of cash for years but had $9.8bn net income last year.
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Re:OpenAI Plots Charging $20k a Month for PhD-Level Agents by namaria on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:40AM (#43277503)
Would uber then drop you off in a random address sometimes?

Or, maybe worse, would someone be able to make your uber drop you off at their place by sending the driver an sms before you even started the ride?

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Re:OpenAI Plots Charging $20k a Month for PhD-Level Agents by fairestvalue on Thursday March 06, 2025 @06:22AM (#43278868)
Uber and Lyft are literally the textbook examples of (local) network effects.

OpenAI is not.

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Re:OpenAI Plots Charging $20k a Month for PhD-Level Agents by rs186 on Thursday March 06, 2025 @07:00AM (#43279215)
At least I trust Uber enough that I use it anywhere I don't get to drive my own car. And I have never been in an accident so far.

I don't trust ChatGPT enough to copy its output and be done with my work. Sometimes I spend more time prompting + revising the response than writing it myself from scratch. It's like Uber is so bad that it is faster to walk than getting matched to a driver who very slowly drives to the destination. And yet you get into a car crash during your trip. I doubt Uber would still be in business today.

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