Ask HN: 100k ChatGPT credits expiring in 2 weeks. What would you like to do?

4 points by thepoet 1 year ago | 1 comment

We were able to use a fair chunk for our experiments, unfortunately we are still left with this. If you have an interesting use case for the greater good, happy to run your code/experiments and open source the results.

You may submit your code as a gist/repo and we will add it to the queue for running after having a quick look for safety, purpose etc. Our only condition is that all resulting outputs along with your code have to be placed in the public domain.

If you just have an idea and it is not very time consuming to build, we may do it and run it for you.

meristohm 1 year ago |

Let the credits expire.

Sometimes "Don't just do something! Sit there" is wise. ChatGPT and other ML/LLMs serve to further isolate us, which is useful for capitalist extraction of our collective resources. Yes, my disabled child may benefit from AI at some point, but that's too narrow a view; the rising tide of AI will lift a few boats much higher than the others, and the boom-bust-quit game is not an appealing story. I think we're better off holistically using our bodies to meet most of our needs again, integrating mental, physical, and emotional practices. Being present in a rich natural environment, alone and with others, will meet our needs.