Just saw this genius on Reddit. He figured out how to build a personal writing assistant like Copy AI or Jasper - with just clever prompts in the GPT-3 playground ā for fractions of what it costs normally!
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Pricing example:
We're looking at the price of 20 Ć 2'000-word blog posts:
(This is the cheapest Copy AI plan apart from the free one which would only be one blog post.)
copy.ai: $49/month
GPT-3 playground: $1.15 (one-time)
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Calculation:
The prompt is roughly 150 words long.
Plus the 2'000 words output equals 2'150 words per post.
So 20 posts are 43'000 words.
Now, 750 words in the best GPT-3 model (Davinci) cost only 2 cents.
So let's calculate: 43'000 / 750 Ć $0.02 = $1.15
When signing up for OpenAI, you get $18 worth of free credits.
Meaning, you can generate:
$18 / $1.15 * 20 posts = ~313 blog posts for free!
Of course, you have to factor in some wasted credits for trial and error, but I think 250 blog posts would be realistic (this error margin would probably be a bit lower for Copy AI).
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So bottom line is:
You can either generate 250 blog posts on your own for free,
Or
Pay $49 per month for 20 blog posts.
Now, this is no hate against tools like Copy AI or Jasper. I think their primary target audiences are probably people who would like to just use a tool like this without having to fine-tune prompts themselves (although it's pretty easy).
For techies looking to upskill though, learning to DIY is a great idea! Not only will it save you time and money, but you'll gain valuable knowledge from troubleshooting your project. Plus, you can tailor the outcome to perfectly match your vision!
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IMO, this just shows that the future of GPT-3 (or ChatGPT) powered apps lies in niched products for special use cases.
When everyone can use tools like ChatGPT, the real value of AI tools is generated by a great UI and UX.
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That's exactly the reason why I'm considering building a GPT-3 powered tool specially targeted at students just like me.
It's just in the concept/validation phase right now but I'd really like to have your feedback!
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But if you just want to generate smart prompts for your use case yourself, check out the Reddit thread mentioned above š
š reddit.com/r/GPT3/comments/yjasl8/stop_wasting_your_money_on_crappy_generic_ai/
You can read the unrolled version of this thread here: typefully.com/dominikhofer_/tHAVqWV
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