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Self host an open model, but yeah 20 a month is not that expensive for what you can do with it.
But that's not what anyone in this thread is saying, they're saying LLM code bad and stealing so let's poison open source projects. Also sharing code is bad now, when I'm sure many of these people would claim they like open source code.
Again, I think knowledge and code should be free for all to use so that we all benefit from it.
"self host an open model". My dude, you need pretty beefy hardware to run a slow and shit model that won't even compare to the 0.33x models you get with a copilot subscription.
Its getting better all the time, its crazy how much better consumer level hardware can run competent models (even if it's lower params) these days compared to just 6 months ago.
I figured you wouldn’t be able to look past your own personal experience. I’m sorry to say that most people outside your bubble cannot afford either the subscription nor the hardware to run usable LLMs locally.
“Sharing code is bad now” because a handful of companies scraped it and not only they haven’t given anything back, they are reselling it in different shapes, and telling people that now all that data is proprietary. So, yes, stolen is an apt word for it.
Anyway, all this talk about “democratizing” knowledge is bullshit. Libraries democratized knowledge. The internet democratized knowledge. Anyone can learn how to code if they put the time and read a book and practice.
But delegated thinking is the opposite of acquiring knowledge, so what the hell are you people yapping about.
You don't have to delegate thinking, I'm sure many people will but it's absolutely not a requirement for using LLMs as the intended tool they are.
On the topic of price, I'm sure people were saying the same things about books (oh must be nice you can afford books), then the same about computers and the internet. They eventually became more affordable.
Not even going to touch the "I couldn't understand economic heardship" aspect.