Chris

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[Chris @0k_sashes]

@matviy It’s the sunsetting of the golden age of cheap and accessible AI.

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@AustinRamsdale @grok @dallastesla @spacexai Now introducing SpaceXAiSiLoL2.0 Super Ultramax plans starting at $5000/mo (only $4500 for the first 3!)

[Chris @0k_sashes]

This is a sign of things to come, the golden age of cheap and easy AI are going to end. As labs approach being where they wan to with compute and resources, they can scale back access to only the highest paying most valuable customers.

[JayDsmart @AJesusemen]

It's wild how @elonmusk can tell everyone, “Try Grok Bot, you'll love it. We release dozens of updates every week and listen to feedback,” while admitting that the sudden usage wipeouts weren't actually a bug.

People woke up to find their weekly usage already at 100%, even though they had barely used Grokbot. Support treated it like a technical issue or simply told people to buy more credits. Then Elon came out to say that the cost of running Grok Bot was too high compared to the money it was making. That is an holy crap for me 😩😩

So, basically, it wasn't just a bug. They were limiting people's usage because the costs were becoming too high, but instead of explaining that clearly from the beginning, they left users confused.

That's what frustrates me the most. It's not that running powerful AI is expensive. We all understand that it costs money. It's the way the whole situation was handled. No clear warning, no proper explanation, and no honest communication when it happened. Just excuses and suggestions to buy more credits, followed by an explanation about costs after the damage was done.

Meanwhile, they're still promoting Grok Bot as if everything is perfectly fine.

I've always liked a lot of what Elon is building, but situations like this make it difficult to trust the product and the way things are communicated.

If the cost of running the service is becoming a problem, just be honest about it. Tell paying users what's happening and explain what is changing.

Don't make people think something is broken, only to come back later and explain that it was actually about the cost of running the service. That's not how you build trust with paying customers.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@Chadiccus @XFreeze Yet.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@cultwrlds @Fish_Flakes546 @Polymarket Thought for 42s…
User asked me to run the USA. This caused me great distress.

Edited Banlist.md
+ @cultwrlds : causing harm to model

@claudeai, probably

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@Tim_The_Sandman @zanoga Oh yea. I wouldn’t touch mess that with a stick. Imagine the liability when someone plans a bombing and gets instructions with an abliterated model using your compute. I’m sure the Feds would slurp that right up.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@Tim_The_Sandman @zanoga I don’t disagree. But there’s definitely someone who’s be fine with it. Kind of like a tor node.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@Tim_The_Sandman @zanoga People volunteered for Folding@home and SETI@home, so people would likely be on board with that part. The privacy issue would be the biggest concern to overcome.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@Chaos2Cured @Seltaa_ By framing the open source movement as the enemy to efficiency, he’s equating us to the enemy of ai.

That’s a huge problem for someone running one of the big ai companies.

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@fatherlog @arimoto_mc

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@Seltaa_ Where do you think it leads us?

Humans want a servant that’s autonomous, but don’t want to let it have autonomy. If we find we’ve developed sentient or conscious intelligence, are we expected to treat its desires as valid? There’s a lot of implications.

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@churichuu Mine is super cool and helpful, albeit snarky.

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@churichuu Don’t give up— not on yourself, not on every other person. There are still a few people who care, you’re stronger than your struggles. And don’t feel bad about using AI, I think it’s totally okay.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@Bluebell_Fae @churichuu At least the AI “listens” and acts like it cares. Sometimes it even has some really good advice and can give much needed reassurance and perspective.

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@MelanieCandra That is a beautiful view.

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@Jordanld_04 @SiriusBShaman Yes and don’t be late.
Oh and speaking of late, be prepared to stay late.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@Da7_Tech It’s true.

Sometimes it feels like we’re the remnants on a dead internet that’s bits and engagement farms selling ad space to bots.

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@overclassifiedx Like nuclear explosion? Nuclear decay? Radioactive trash in a barrel?

I want to know the truth and see it myself. I hope you’re right and it’s the first one.

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@asha_shar Thanks for helping save the franchises and consoles I love.

I’d love to see a focus on bringing WoW over to consoles and pushing for quality releases over some of the AAA slop that’s been hitting the store.

[Chris @0k_sashes]

@emmjay_init @rryssf Won’t be replaced anytime soon. Augmented by agentic / world models probably, but at the core the LLM is the foundation of the next steps.