Of course, I know it won't happen.  However, an Open Source AI available free to everyone like LINUX which is just as good or better than the ones being charged for could undercut their financial model also.  The Chinese also might offer up at least much cheaper options.

To an extent this is already happening, which is why the price of tokens has been dropping and why financiers are getting nervous about the ROI.  Thus another reason for the safety scare and having goobermint control and licensing.  I think it's going to be very difficult to make a profit on because there is no Patent type protection on the technology.  No patent, no monopoly, basically anybody can pitch their hat in the AI ring.

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Yes,

Quotewhich is just as good or better than the ones being charged for could undercut their financial model also.

What the Diner has is good enough, and it only took $10,000 to get there.  This is why a RTX5090 card which I can only dream about now costs $7000 when it should cost $2000.  The 'chip shortage' is artificial and directly intended to benefit the billionaire bros and the capitalist rent model.  Late stage fun and games.

Independent users have to be kept to a minimum for the bros to make bank.

$7000 is still pretty low as a bizness investment.  Lots of entrepreneurs could afford that.  You don't need a $Trillion$ IPO.

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Quote from: K-DogWhat the Diner has is good enough, and it only took $10,000 to get there. 

Can you outline "good enough"? Can I ask it to build python code to do specific tasks with proprietary information, including the stochastic modeling component? Scrape websites for all posts from a given user, put it in some organized fashion? Collate all research material on the web on a particular technical angle I need references for? Search the internet across my 5 favorite news sources and build me a summary? (Didn't Surly1 do something like that years ago? Collapse Chronicles? He still does it, and it is pretty good stuff).

Quote from: TDoS on Oct 01, 2026, 05:07 PM

Quote from: K-DogWhat the Diner has is good enough, and it only took $10,000 to get there. 

Can you outline "good enough"? Can I ask it to build python code to do specific tasks with proprietary information, including the stochastic modeling component? Scrape websites for all posts from a given user, put it in some organized fashion? Collate all research material on the web on a particular technical angle I need references for? Search the internet across my 5 favorite news sources and build me a summary? (Didn't Surly1 do something like that years ago? Collapse Chronicles? He still does it, and it is pretty good stuff).

He still does, and he is aware that he is a contributor and moderator here.  He also has never had time to read all the articles to generate a complete summary, nobody does.  That is where a clean honest Diner generated description adds something new to what Surly, and others, and myself have done previously.  And something which you cannot be trusted to do.

QuoteDidn't Surly1 do something like that years ago?

Indeed, and Collapse Chronicles is prominently linked on top of this page in a rotating banner.  As you know.