[natch]

Have asked this before, but GPT-3 users seem tight lipped about it. Let’s try you:

How did you get accesss to GPT-3?

I’m afraid that the way OpenAI is flicking aside applications for access from mere humans, and instead granting access to large corporate entities, tells us something about how AIs will deal with humans in the future.

[throwaway189262]

I think it's more that they're trying to avoid association with the most obvious use case for GPT3. Generating spam, fake content, fake reviews, fake news.

It's whole purpose is generating unlimited amounts of believable fiction. Without tight control the internet would be overrun with GPT generated trash. Bans would be called for, just like what's happening with deepfakes. That's bad for business

[quickthrower2]

They are trying to keep a genie in the bottle then!

[ravi-delia]

And for these wonderful few months, they have succeeded. Eventually someone will train a similarly sized model and release it, but the costs involved may well be high enough for long enough that the common spammer won't be able to for a little bit.

[chongli]

The name “OpenAI” is downright Orwellian in its hypocrisy. What are they even hoping to achieve at this point? They should just change the name.

[throwaway189262]

Do initial research as a non-profit. Much cheaper, all kinds of tax breaks, funders can write off "donations". Build something to make money, switch to regular corporation, profit.

[neural_thing]

I cold emailed the CEO with the description of the project I wanted to do. Had no prior connection, got access within two days.

[istorical]

You could easily accomplish what the OP did by just using AI Dungeon which allows for collaborative writing with GPT-3. I've used it to write erotica.

AI Dungeon is still free to use, just with a cost to use their better model.

[cweagans]

I would also like to know this. This is exactly the kind of AI-assisted stuff I want to do, but no matter what I try, I just can't seem to get any information about how to actually get access.

[istorical]

Use AI Dungeon. It's the same thing just wrapped up into a webpage. AI Dungeon tries to steer you into using GPT-3 for dungeon crawling but you can edit the prompts, text, responses, anything. I used it to simulate a paper on curing Covid.

[ggillas]

I didn't get direct access. I've requested it. But everything I did here was done in AI Dungeon and mainly, Shortly Read.

[ekam]

Greg brockman has said before on HN that if you have a cool use case you can email him and he’ll see what he can do.

[DarthGhandi]

> How did you get access

Well judging by recent posts you get it by cold emailing the CEO repeatedly, writing blogspam articles of zero worth and making YouTube videos with flip charts. At this stage GPT-3 founders seem more concerned with marketing themselves as an exclusive club than actually producing anything of note.

https://www.flowrite.com/blog/how-we-got-access-to-gpt-3-in-...

> Described as "The best access request" by Sam Altman

Cringeworthy. Yet to see anyone with access actually build a product with value, and that's before pricing kicks in.

Expect more hype, more clicks and then an exit.