ND ChatGPT's API is so good and cheap, it makes most text generating AI obsolete (minimaxir.com)
632 points by minimaxir 1097 days ago | 428 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
ChatGPT's API is priced at $0.002/1,000 tokens, making it cheaper than GPT-3 and potentially game-changing for text generating AI applications.
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2026-03-05 15:09 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 15:00 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.323 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:00 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.32 (Moderate positive)
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2026-02-28 23:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
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ED, neutral tech analysis with no explicit rights discussion
2026-02-28 22:57 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 22:57 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
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Tech blog with neutral rights stance