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OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Re: OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens

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Post by martin-t »

ninjahawk1 wrote: post #12

I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? If that’s the opinion, may be good to reflect on how the models were trained. On millions upon millions of books which no authors were compensated for. But that’s besides the point, the whole initiative is self-defeating by design.…

Then perhaps their signalling isn't meant for you but for people who have to pay those pesky expensive intelligent people like translators, programmers, designers and writers. Those people would benefit greatly if they could rent intelligence much cheaper from companies like OpenAI.

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malfist wrote: post #30
arcanemachiner wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? Your body also generates electricity and natural gas. Do you also get upset when energy companies claim to provide these services as a utility?

Is the electricity or natural gas that your body produces a defining feature of humanity? Does AI actually provide intelligence?

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Post by archagon »

raq98 wrote: post #34
arcanemachiner wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’m personally not a fan of OpenAI always referring to their model as “providing intelligence as a utility.” Sounds very condescending, are you saying this isn’t something we already have? Your body also generates electricity and natural gas. Do you also get upset when energy companies claim to provide these services as a utility?

"Humans also produce farts" is a new low. Can the AI people be interned or moved to some seasteading libertarian hellhole so the rest of us can live a normal life?

I think we’ll need certified human/no-ai communities at some point in the near future.

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Post by muwtyhg »

GaggiX wrote: post #10
alfiedotwtf wrote: post #8

To be honest, PR pieces don’t all need to go on HN, especially when this is probably not news worthy to anyone here except Maltese living in Malta

I'm not Maltese and I did find it interesting.

Could you articulate what part you find interesting?

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Post by GaggiX »

muwtyhg wrote: post #55
GaggiX wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not Maltese and I did find it interesting.

Could you articulate what part you find interesting?

The fact that a nation provides free access to SOTA models to all his citizen via this partnership, I mean it's not something I have seen before, therefore I find it interesting, also Malta is not too far from me.

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Post by conradev »

blfr wrote: post #7

The subsidies deployed by the industry are so massive I don't even know if consumers need public assistance here. It's kinda like the gov was subsidizing web hosting or basic banking. The price for a regular consumer already barely hovers above zero. Just look at this list of services included in Google's AI Pro subscription[1]. Google took everything it could think any consumer might need and bundled for $20/mo. The…

The government does subsidize basic banking, though?

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

gwerbin wrote: post #43
blfr wrote: post #7

The subsidies deployed by the industry are so massive I don't even know if consumers need public assistance here. It's kinda like the gov was subsidizing web hosting or basic banking. The price for a regular consumer already barely hovers above zero. Just look at this list of services included in Google's AI Pro subscription[1]. Google took everything it could think any consumer might need and bundled for $20/mo. The…

It's a ploy to drive adoption. Once it's considered essential they can turn the screws in massive contracts with governments, big enterprises, universities, and public school systems. Probably some genuine competition on price, but the equilibrium price is probably below cost and not sustainable.

First step of enshittification :)
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