• General_Effort@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      You can download one of the many free models and run it yourself. You’ll find that it costs you money for hardware and electricity.

      Data centers aren’t free and neither are scientists or engineers.

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        4 months ago

        Yes, but Google isn’t exactly releasing their model for free now are they. And that’s what this article is about.

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          4 months ago

          The people in the data centers and the engineers and scientists don’t work for free. That’s what you consider “paying again”?

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            4 months ago

            We have already paid in time and knowledge:

            When should we all expect to receive our check for the content we contributed to Stack Exchange?

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              4 months ago

              Hard to believe that someone expecting a check for posting on the internet would ever give a helpful answer for free.

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                Giving helpful answers for free is one thing, then having someone else profit off your contributions, in this way, is another.