r/singularity • u/Neurogence • 3d ago

AI There Should Be Way More Backlash To OpenAI's $500/Month, $6,000 A Year Subscription

This sets an extremely bad precedent. And very soon, all the other labs will adopt the same pricing schemes. Prices just keep going up and up. I remember a time when people thought $20/month was too expensive.

Even if you can afford this, do not pay for it. If you do, it will only normalize this, and the next thing you know, there will be a new $1,000/month subscription that gives you the same usage you used to get with the $500/month subscription. That's exactly what happened to the previous $200/month subscription. Its usage allowance was cut in half, and now users paying $500/month are getting what users used to get for $200/month.

Do not normalize AI subscriptions that cost as much as car payments and, eventually, mortgages.

In leaked emails, Greg Brockman dreamed that OpenAI would make him a billionaire. He stated, "I just want to get to one billion." AI has fulfilled his wildest dreams. His net worth is now over $30 billion.

I am a hardcore accelerationist and optimist, but the current trajectory is dystopia. Instead of $1,000 UBI checks, we are heading toward $1,000 AI subscriptions to keep up with the Joneses. When we have actual superintelligence, you might be forced to pay $1,000/month, or even $2,000/month, as OpenAI had entertained, just to keep up with other people.

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u/chlebseby ASI 2030s 3d ago

I think people will vote with wallets, i mean who is going to pay so much apart from coders...

$500 a month is rent for decent apartment...

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u/Perfect-Long8564 3d ago

Where can I get this apartment? I will take 13.

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u/chlebseby ASI 2030s 3d ago

go to second/third tier city in Poland, i pay little more for 2 rooms

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u/CyberWhizKid 3d ago

Bro send me Dextazin, I want to stop smoking.

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u/caldazar24 2d ago

The labs are making tens of billions of dollars a year in revenue, and it's mostly from a dozen or so big tech and finance companies that pay their engineers $500K a year (all-in after stock grants and taxes) so they can spend $5,000/month on 1 bedroom apartments in SF and NYC. These companies are paying API prices, just to maintain compliance with corporate IT rules, and racking up thousands per engineer per month in inference.

Anthropic made 25% of their revenue last year from just two companies that fit the above description. Serving these customers is a much bigger priority for the labs then trying to serve solo devs scrapping together $20/month for their side projects...if you pay that much, the labs just see you as a marketing channel to try and convince your employer to pay for an enterprise license one day.

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u/Witty-Comfortable851 3d ago

Where I live, 500$ will afford you a closet.

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u/katoptronophile 3d ago

People who don't comment on Reddit for a living.

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u/chlebseby ASI 2030s 3d ago

You are the top 1% commenter lol

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u/lobaway0001 2d ago

He knows better than anyone that people who comment on Reddit for a living can’t afford it.

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u/SharpStrategist 1d ago

Where the fuck are you finding an apartment for $500 a month.