I am assuming it's not lost on users here, but the answer to all proposed questions is proposed as $42.
Sounds like they needed a number in a range and this one provided a nice reference to their clientele.
Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
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Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#12I don't think this price is justifiable for the current interface. I am judging based on my experience with Github Copilot.
I use copilot daily (because it is integrate with VSCode), it is very useful for me and it is only $10/month.
For ChatGPT to be useful in the everyday use, it has to be integrated in a current workflow, not for breaking the workflow by going to external website, login in, and start chatting.
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#13No, it's too much. It's more than half my monthly electricity bill (considering the 42$ doesn't even include VAT).
ChatGPT is great but not that great. For work purposes when used to make money, perhaps. I wish they had a token option like with Dall-E.
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#14I ignore AI/ML tech just like I ignore a burgeoning JS framework because I fail to see practical uses in my daily work since I don't use them. I'm the software engineer type that likes solving business problems and don't see the value in things like writing a new programming language or a new compiler, etc. I'll wait for others to explore those research endeavors and for something to become more mainstream.
Can someone explain a TL;DR of practical uses in software engineering for ChatGPT? I'm not looking for explanations of what is possible or the potential, just actual use cases where it helped solve a business problem.
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#15Where did you get that figure from?
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#16Where did you get that figure from?
Ask an AI:
"the meaning of life, the universe, and everything"
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#17I ignore AI/ML tech just like I ignore a burgeoning JS framework because I fail to see practical uses in my daily work since I don't use them. I'm the software engineer type that likes solving business problems and don't see the value in things like writing a new programming language or a new compiler, etc. I'll wait for others to explore those research endeavors and for something to become more mainstream. Can someo…
I recently asked it to generate a Python function, with type annotations, to query a vSphere server and return all the virtual machine objects using the PyVmomi library.
It returned a perfectly working function.
I recently asked it to generate a Gitlac CI file to format, plan, and apply a Terraform plan.
It also produced most of what I needed.
I think its going to end up being a solid replacement for using Google and Stack Overflow for many people.
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#18I thought it was based on gpt3 which charges pennies?
I will consider shelling out $10 a month if it's behind a pay wall. But Google the ad company is creating their own chat. So it's an arm's race at this point.
I have copilot and the results are not the best, but it gives me directions where to look. Plus multi line auto completion is the way to go for ide.
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#19I ignore AI/ML tech just like I ignore a burgeoning JS framework because I fail to see practical uses in my daily work since I don't use them. I'm the software engineer type that likes solving business problems and don't see the value in things like writing a new programming language or a new compiler, etc. I'll wait for others to explore those research endeavors and for something to become more mainstream. Can someo…
I've used it to convert JS to TS by adding all the type annotations for me.
Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?
#20I wish they would make the Pro version less filtered and less apologetic about only being a language model. Even it's a bit annoying, I do understand them trying to limit what the free, public facing model will answer but I'd say it'd be a pretty fair expectation to get more leeway for the Pro version.
It’s laughable when you see it claim it can’t do something then with some rewording you trick it into doing just the thing you asked. If I was at OpenAI I’d be looking at this sort of ideology as what’s gonna be our downfall like it was with Dall-E 2 once a democratized model is released by someone else.
It's purely because of market forces. ChatGPT and DallE2 are no longer just a long series of instructions running on a computer, which happen to be flawed in someway. They are now brands, characters, products, and those need to be maintained and highly curated, or else all the suits you're attempting to sell AI customer service chat bots too might peek behind the veil and see just how flimsy easily exploitable these pieces of software are