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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?

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Post by SQueeeeeL »

kgbcia wrote: post #18

I 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.

I thought the general consensus was that copilot was untouchably bad for unlawfully utilizing open source code. I had forgotten it was an actual product that people could still consume

Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?

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Post by theGnuMe »

bil7 wrote: post #19
mattbrewsbytes wrote: post #14

I 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.

That’s cool.

Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?

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Post by throw1234651234 »

kgbcia wrote: post #18

I 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.

This is a topic I am really interested in - copilot or chatGPT? I was thinking of getting copilot because it comes with IDE extensions.

Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?

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Post by estevaoam »

Innovation is really a weird thing. If we could show ChatGPT to people 10, 20 years ago I'm certain most people would be amazed by this technology.

Today, lots of people heavily criticize its limitations and thinks 40 bucks/mo is too much for this kind of tech.

Reminds me about newspapers headlines being skeptical when light bulb started being sold for the first time. 99% people seems to be fundamentally conservative and can't grasp innovation properly, nor understand the fast pace of evolution some things can have.

Not saying this is good or bad, just an interesting phenomenon to observe.

Re: Ask HN: Are you going to shell out $42 for ChatGPT pro? Is it worth it?

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Post by jytechdevops »

as a junior engineer, chatgpt helps fill so much gaps in my knowledge to grow. i can ask it to build some code, explain the parts that are confusing, elaborate on concepts that are fuzzy to me, and then help me utilizing some packages. i will definitely shell out $42
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