Diary 2023-04-11

@y_matsuwitter: When a new wave comes, I just do all the research I can, move my hands around, make things, meet people, and form my own opinions and positions. This will make it clear how to move. If not, you will continue to be at the mercy of fluffy generalizations and possibly incorrect majority opinions.

nishio In the context of ChatGPT, when I see people saying things like “It’s outrageous that what you get depends on whether you pay for it or not. I feel that Japan is a country of abundant peace, where people can believe that they can get what they want if they pay for it. In reality, what’s happening now is “you can’t get what you pay for because you’re out of resources.

• nishio It’s not capitalism’s fault. If left to the market, the price will rise to the point where “those who want to start” and “those who want to stop because it’s too expensive” reach an equilibrium. If the market is left to its own devices, the price will rise to the point where the “people who want to start” and the “people who want to stop because it’s too expensive” reach an equilibrium.

• nishio It’s being offered at an unbelievably low price thanks to Sam Altman’s philosophy of not offering it only to companies that pay a lot of money, but to a wide range of people who want to experience it, The overwhelming number of people who think this is “cheap” has led to a shortage of supply, often stopping new applications days in advance. This is the reality. - ChatGPT Plus new applications temporarily suspended

• nishio The process of resources being dispensed from the world

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  • Resources are exhausted.
    • Limited resources

shiumachi Currently, there is clearly excessive demand, and while further price increases are conceivable, it is not at all clear that money can solve the problem. If there is some kind of technical limitation, money may not be enough in the short term. In the meantime, I can say that money can solve the problem if we hit the API.

nishio: In the context of ChatGPT, when I see people saying things like “it’s outrageous that what you get depends on whether you pay for it or not”, I feel that peace is so abundant in Japan that people can believe that “you get what you pay for”. In reality, what’s happening right now is “you can’t get what you pay for because you’re out of resources.

• nishio There’s a cap on the use of the API, and you have to submit an application and wait for review and approval before you can increase…

• shiumachi I see, so it looks like money alone won’t solve the problem after all!

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