Well, I don't use the web interface enough to know how much free use can drive up OpenAI's costs. If it's true they lose money on every Pro user *and* the Pro user can cost them more than free users can, then that's the point. Drive their costs up faster than their revenue. Of course, because money is all fake anyway, they can just get more from wherever. So it's more of a joke than an actual attack plan.
I'm no more miffed at the cute pictures than I am regular visual arts. I just don't get it ... I think I'm on the spectrum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia> On 4/15/25 7:43 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
Wouldn’t that be the strategy to cut off free users entirely? The key thing is to convince paying users that they are an advantage professionally by buying-in, and that OpenAI services are better than competitors? Honestly, I’m a little miffed by all the focus on cute pictures. *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of glen <[email protected]> *Date: *Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM *To: *[email protected] <[email protected]> *Subject: *[FRIAM] money is a delusion OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/ <https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/> OK. I've changed my mind. Please buy a fixed price subscription and absolutely HAMMER ChatGPT & Grok with stupid requests to interpret Miley Cyrus lyrics or explore the detailed implications of an Objectivist society ... or generate silly images of Trump with donkeys. Let's convince the Broligarchs that we think their toys are useful. And that even if there's a "correction" at some point, there will be plenty of spin-offs <https://tante.cc/2025/04/15/these-are-not-the-same/ <https://tante.cc/2025/04/15/these-are-not-the-same/>>! (As if they weren't already enslaved by their Visions.) I guess the question begging to be asked for such a DDoS attack is what to do with the generated output. We want way too much for any human to look at. >/dev/null seems like a waste. Hard drives are cheap, though. Maybe we could store it for posterity? If there really is a societal collapse, maybe the alien anthropologists could reverse engineer these LLMs from their generative detritus. Meanwhile, in the actual world: https://dailynous.com/2025/04/15/philosophy-major-snatched-by-ice-during-citizenship-interview/ <https://dailynous.com/2025/04/15/philosophy-major-snatched-by-ice-during-citizenship-interview/>
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