And the same calculus applies to LLMs as to the image generators. If they’re so hideously expensive how is it that companies are giving access away for free? The goodness of their own hearts? Obviously they would like for people to pay for services and are using the LLMs as a loss leader, but they’re giving away so much in the way of LLM usage that I’ve never felt any need to pay for it myself. The average Joe isn’t their target market, the average Joe doesn’t have a big enough demand to be worth charging them for it.
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And the same calculus applies to LLMs as to the image generators. If they’re so hideously expensive how is it that companies are giving access away for free? The goodness of their own hearts? Obviously they would like for people to pay for services and are using the LLMs as a loss leader, but they’re giving away so much in the way of LLM usage that I’ve never felt any need to pay for it myself. The average Joe isn’t their target market, the average Joe doesn’t have a big enough demand to be worth charging them for it.