There are so many out there, with varying benefits, risks, and ethics. I’d like to know what to recommend when asked, and also what I could use for myself.

Some areas that could be good for discussion:

  • Locally hosted models (both for low and high powered devices)
  • Open source models (also calling out “open source” models that aren’t actually open source)
  • Privacy friendly tools/frontends (ex. DuckDuckGo’s AI chat for anonymous use of some “free” models)
  • Unified interfaces for multiple models, or ‘pay as you go’ platforms instead of paying for individual subscriptions
  • Otter@lemmy.caOP
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    5 months ago

    I didn’t want to promote any paid tool in the post. I’m currently paying for one of the more well known models, but I want to shop around. My plan right now is to find a pay as you go tool, so that I can use different models depending on what task each one is good at.

    If I’m going to pay for something, I want to vote with my wallet and go with the option that’s better for consumers

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      5 months ago

      Don’t pay for software, pay for hardware which you can run good local models on.