[namesbc]

So the rosy biased estimate is OpenAI is saving 1 hour of work per day, so 5 hours total per-work week and 20 hours total per-month.

With a subsidized cost of $200/month for OpenAI it would be cheaper to hirer a part-time minimum wage worker than it would be to contract with OpenAI.

And that is the rosiest estimate OpenAI has.

[maerch]

The closest I come to working with part-time, minimum-wage workers is working with student employees. Even then, they earn more and usually work more than five hours a week.

Most of the time, I end up putting in more work than I get out of it. Onboarding, reviewing, and mentoring all take significant time.

Even with the best students we had, paying around 400 euros a month, I would not say that I saved five hours a week.

And even when they reach the point of being truly productive, they are usually already finished with their studies. If we then hire them full-time, they cost significantly more.

[dangoodmanUT]

A part time minimum wage worker can't code

[namesbc]

Check the wages of coders outside of the US

[namesbc]

It you take of the rosy glasses, it is more like 10 hours saved per-month at an unsubsidized cost of $1000/month

The $100/hr is worth it for US programming jobs, but nothing else

[AstroBen]

What people here forget is coding is a tiny minority of the actual usage. ~5% if I remember correctly?

Their best market might just be as a better Google with ads

[namesbc]

Yep, bulk of AI usage is generating marketing emails