It might be an ROI calculation, e.g. some people will waste tokens, but if it means someone else feels empowered to make something awesome or impactful, it will have been worth it.
I have this delusion of grandeur about starting a movement to take all of the mostly-idle 3D printers in people’s homes and to use them to create little tokens of joy in people’s neighborhoods.
I’ve started making what I “joy machines” that I am putting up in or near my neighborhood. They’re some combination of public interactive art (e.g. push a button and it prints out a compliment) and little art on display that I design and 3D print for people to take.
- built-in image generation using your subscription, which can be super handy
- can actually edit Google Docs and Google Sheets (Claude can only create new or sometimes append)
- I get a surprising amount of mileage out of the $20 plan
They both have their places for sure.