Post ATmSyE2W05KC5qRkZ6 by chengyjonathan@sigmoid.social
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 (DIR) Post #ATmC6CV9u77oQ33sDg by zoeleblanc@hcommons.social
       2023-03-19T14:22:30Z
       
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       Partially inspired by @TedUnderwood 's toot https://sigmoid.social/@TedUnderwood/110044685578705752 I'm curious how much everyone is starting to pay for AI "tools"? It seems like the SaaS-ification of research infrastructure is accelerating, but haven't heard of libraries or universities buying access to something like ChatGPT-4 so assuming everyone is just eating the cost directly and wondering what that looks like.In full disclosure, I currently pay for Google Colab, Github Copilot, and Notion AI for a total of $30/per month. I'll probably drop Notion AI but the other two have been helpful for times when I need GPU access and when I have formulaic code to write. Considering paying for ChatGPT Plus access but that's another $20 and starting to wonder where this ends 👀 So if you feel comfortable sharing fill out this very unscientific poll please 🙏🏽 #AI #DH #DigitalHumanities
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmC6D3XqGdA8h9Koi by TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social
       2023-03-19T14:35:22Z
       
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       @zoeleblanc Yeah, I'm starting to worry about this. Chat Plus = $20 / mo. Midjourney subscription $10/mo. AI Dungeon at least $5 -- I should probably drop it now. Just spent $22 on the OpenAI API. It adds up.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmSyE2W05KC5qRkZ6 by chengyjonathan@sigmoid.social
       2023-03-19T16:13:36Z
       
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       @zoeleblanc @TedUnderwood out of curiosity, what’s stopping universities from setting up the infra to run Llama or Alpaca models — with an api to control access / allow researchers to hit for free?Granted it’s not gpt4, but for research purposes, there are some pretty viable alternatives that do text and code completion: https://github.com/tloen/alpaca-lora
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmSyEXi86HJeb2fBo by TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social
       2023-03-19T17:44:25Z
       
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       @chengyjonathan @zoeleblanc So, this is something I considered concretely in a recent grant application. I think it would be a smart thing for universities to do — maybe in some consortial way? For me as an individual researcher it's more time-and-money-efficient right now to pay OpenAI $1-4k than to set this up.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmTT73nzzDTQOmJwe by jose_eduardo@mastodon.social
       2023-03-19T17:50:01Z
       
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       @TedUnderwood @chengyjonathan @zoeleblanc Ok, I am sending Ted a copy of my 2022 tax return to remind him that not everyone can afford to use 4k that way. Seriously: are we witnessing a new era of the digital divide problem between researchers in different institutions (not to mention countries)?
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmUVfDm3p6nuEDn6G by TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social
       2023-03-19T18:01:40Z
       
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       @jose_eduardo @chengyjonathan @zoeleblanc Let me be hastily say that I mean grant money! But yeah, still. This this is why the !!😬!! is in there. Inequality between researchers in different institutions, and countries, and very likely between industry and academia as well.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmUnzbT1F3IKg2kkK by jose_eduardo@mastodon.social
       2023-03-19T18:04:58Z
       
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       @TedUnderwood @chengyjonathan @zoeleblanc Ah, sorry I misunderstood that! But still, valid question, eh?
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmVI44Iyxfyrts6U4 by chengyjonathan@sigmoid.social
       2023-03-19T18:10:26Z
       
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       @TedUnderwood @zoeleblanc yeah I agree wholeheartedly! I think universities have/should be thinking about the infra needed to host these alpaca style models for open access.Moreover, the research to build *better* alpaca style models for wider university research is worth its own organization. Now how to organize such a thing… Get the NEH on the phone! 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmaFMcm2Dc3JwWeI4 by TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social
       2023-03-19T19:05:59Z
       
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       @chengyjonathan @zoeleblanc Mellon has the money and should really be putting it on something like this.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATmu4735bOfquakN1M by TedUnderwood@sigmoid.social
       2023-03-19T22:48:02Z
       
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       @zoeleblanc Oh I forgot Colab. It's getting ridiculous.