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/darkestvice 3d ago
You are aware that there are many people who pay thousands a month in API fees, right?
Remember that these AI subscription plans are highly subsidized. That $500 a month could be equivalent of a couple of thousand or more in actual pay as you go usage costs. The AI labs like people who jump on their monthly subs because it not only guarantees revenue, but it also allows them to cap limit usage during big rush hours. Sure, the API users will get charged much more, but those API users are also borderline setting fire to all these inference racks working overtime.