“A $200 ChatGPT Pro 20x subscription could cost as much as $14,000 in API pricing if fully utilized.”
What is being said is that in a month time you can burn through $14,000 worth of tokens. It does not show that that comsumption would cost ChatGPT the full $14,000.
So what they are doing here is planting the idea that a $200 subscription is actually worth $14,000. Which makes if very easy for them to make people switch to tokens or just increase the price of your subscription without losing too many customers.
It is generally thought that official token price is breaking even, at best. Maybe it is not even doing that. The worth of the AI usage has nothing to do with those costs and is likely much lower. So far there is very little done on understanding actual value of AI use though.
I am not saying you are wrong, just that the above statement can be correct at the same time.
“A $200 ChatGPT Pro 20x subscription could cost as much as $14,000 in API pricing if fully utilized.”
What is being said is that in a month time you can burn through $14,000 worth of tokens. It does not show that that comsumption would cost ChatGPT the full $14,000.
So what they are doing here is planting the idea that a $200 subscription is actually worth $14,000. Which makes if very easy for them to make people switch to tokens or just increase the price of your subscription without losing too many customers.
It is generally thought that official token price is breaking even, at best. Maybe it is not even doing that. The worth of the AI usage has nothing to do with those costs and is likely much lower. So far there is very little done on understanding actual value of AI use though.
I am not saying you are wrong, just that the above statement can be correct at the same time.