Idk if I’m weird on this, but I rarely use LLMs as search engines. Their memorization of facts is too iffy imo. Prefer duck duck go for fact finding. I do use LLMs a ton in lieu of talking to experts about something I’m thinking about, or asking them to write code or other text for me. If it’s a questionable topic or answer I’ll ask it to critique itself as a new personality. It’s already much rarer than before, but I would be unsurprised if I stop needing to hire humans to benefit from their expertise within a few years. Regulated industries will be the hold out.
Are you saying that the openAI API costs don’t actually cover the full price of each run of the model? Or what do you mean by subsidized?