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  • T3CHT @sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•Stripe Buys A.I. Start-Up OpenRouter for $7.5 BillionEnglish
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    1 day ago

    OpenRouter let’s you buy ‘ai access’ - different models (agents like Claude or GPT is specific forms like Fable or Sol) from different routers (providers aka data centers).

    So you get an API key and save it in your setup (IDE, coding app, CLI env whatever) and then you have a library of all the models available pay as you go. Prices per model are competitive if they’re available from multiple providers or at the market rate from folks like Anthropic and OpenAI.

    For AI service at home I switched from Copilot, a MS subscription with opaque usage pricing to OpenRouter so I can pick / route work to cheap or free models available on OR while still using my preferred models and having access to everything under the sun including the latest versions. It’s pretty great honestly.

    OR is also a good place to look if you just want some info about AI models and providers. Their benchmark, popularity and domain information makes the models make sense and highlights real world usage patterns, i.e. DeepSeek v4 and GLM 5 are serious competition to the proprietary models like Claude with pricing 10-100x less. Presumably OR is just taking a cut as the middleman to pay for the service.

    And in case you read this far and you’re wondering, I’m using it with Zed and working on a custom fork to improve the agent handling and routing to optimize use of such services. Enjoy the AI, spare me any generic ai outrage.

  • T3CHT @sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normalEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Here here. This place doesn’t have much rational thoughts on AI.

    I’m (a little) surprised how group think this place is on the topic - y’all are a serious echo chamber. This place is like rainbow flags and kill the bots central. Any pro AI counterpoint mentions bring pitch forks and hate. That’s not a good look.

    Maybe I’m an AI bro myself, but I’m also an experienced professional using it to do real work (and no, not taking any jobs, building new tools for a team that needs them). Linus is a real expert. But why listen to experience and expertise when you have an opinion and feel justified. It’s ok to be afraid, but when scary change comes wise folks listen and learn.

    Here we don’t worry about facts and reality, just get your outrage revved up. Social media is social media - and that’s scarier than AI, because it uses people to make the garbage.

  • T3CHT @sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lyingEnglish
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    17 days ago

    So you teach something different from the mainstream - cool. But don’t be surprised when students or AI cite others or take an alternative position.

    I’m no economist but I had plenty of professors who wanted their particular theories reflected back at them.

    While students should do their own reading and writing, using ‘they write mainstream ideas’ as a litmus test for writing and AI seems parochial. And I’d go so far as to say AI is becoming a standard research and writing aid like the web word processors, and you sound like teachers who ranted against those too.

    Have you engaged either group in open discussion about comparing the perspectives you’re challenging? I bet several modern models could debate your philosophy on merit, I wonder if you ever gave students the chance.