While this is true, running a local OSS LLM off decent consumer GPUs that provide 70% of o3 performance for dirt cheap is also true. With deepseek R2, the race towards cheaper LLMs is only getting started.
people don’t realize how heavily subsidized AI is right now
your o3 prompts probably cost more in electricity alone than your subscription fee
remember when uber was awesome and cheaper than a taxi? yeah, that.