[ericol]

As opposed to what?

I don't know about you, but for me on a personal level ChatGPT is a SERIOUS paradigm shift. I work on OSX, I use an app (MacGPT) that is always a keyboard shortcut away, and more often than not the responses are several times better than what Google will give me.

I know there are a lot of areas with high friction, but those will go away eventually and compared to what I was doing before, the friction is much much less.

Not to mention that it is a tool _I didn't have before_ and for me in some cases - specially those tasks that are unavoidable, you have to generally start from zero, and are a burden - my productivity has increased 3X

I'll take an unnatural interface any day if that's the end result.

[parpfish]

for an app like MacGPT, how much do you end up paying each month in API fees? I'd love to try it out, but I know that I'd constantly be second-guessing myself and saying "nah, i guess I don't really need to look that up" because I'd that pay-per-token API fee would always be sitting in the back of my mind.

[ericol]

TBH I have no idea [1] but I have quite a low limit of expenses using the API (10 bucks) and I'm yet to reach it.

Besides that, you can as well log in via web (That I haven't done, but it's possible)

As a side note, even thought the friction might be too high I couple it with the same programmer's MacWhisper, so that when I need a large text I just speak to the computer.

[1] Geez. I just checked, and my cumulative expenses for June are a staggering 0.27 USD

[parpfish]

Oof. By the end of the month that may climb all the way up to 0.30USD. /s