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M$ is changing the billing model and /r/GithubCopilot isn't very happy about it.

This post is https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1tbfkui/ill_just_leave_this_here/ but there are a lot like it.

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[-] razgriz@hexbear.net 26 points 2 days ago

Tokens are supposed to be close to how much these LLMs cost to use per prompt, they would never intentionally undercut their growth so it must actually costs Microsoft close to $6000 to let them do this lol

[-] LittleFellaNamedBoof@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

Yeah I think this person is just using an absolutely insane amount of AI. Like they probably just run the AI 24/7. So now that its billing their for their actual usage its super high. lol

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago
[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Literally the only reason I can imagine someone not using it at this point is sinophobia lol. It performs very well and even for the pro model, tokens are ridiculously cheap.

[-] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

I don't use it because I don't want to use AI. Is that a correct approach? I don't know and I don't care

[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

Entirely fair, should've specified "over other models."

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

They probably use the more expensive models.

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

society I have a coworker who only uses the most expensive claude model for everything and my boss is happy about it

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago
[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago

Can't properly tokenmaxx without a net-positive tokamak

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Could be that performance targets for M$ executives have changed and they suddenly no longer get their bonus based on AI adoption but on financial numbers again.

[-] nothx@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Right, I assume there is some correlation, but it still hits like funny money meant to obscure the real cost to the end user.

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