In the English language, specifically North American dialects, this is a form of idiom.

That’s not an idiom, it’s just an elided word.

Well we can argue over the niceties of the word idiom, but as it's referring to the way the word is pronounced in specific regions of North America, it qualifies as meeting one of the definitions of idiom.

Elision refers more to the absence of an understood word, such as saying 'my bad'.

My bad, elision can also refer to slurring syllables together, so it's both.

An elision is the absence of a sound or syllable in a word. An idiom is an entire phrase or expression that does not mean what it literally says.

There’s no argument here, you’re just wrong.

No, it isn't both.

I dunno, cf. 1.b definition of idiom in the OED: dialect usage, and 2.a is dialect usage for effect. Maybe the definition is changing with the ages, or your usage is overly strict.

I have been using a program called GPT4ALL and you can download many models and run them locally. They give you a prompt at boot if you want to share data or not. I select no and use it offline anyway.

Idiom. Elide. It's really not that confusing. Idioms are about meaning, elision is about sound.

Hm, I guess an encyclopedia article is more relevant than a dictionary definition, so sure. I was using the looser secondary definition... in this case an elision that references a dialect in order to call up regional relevance to the opinion expressed.

More like they just got their Anthropic bill.

Cloud compute is gonna be cheap compared to the API costs for LLMs they use/offer.

Are you a software engineer who has made use of these and similar tools?

If not, this is epic level armchairing.

The tools are definitely hyped, but they are also incredibly functional. They have many problems, but they also work and achieve their intended purpose.

I have a rough idea of their efficiency as I've used them, not in professional settings but I wager it would not be too different.

My point is more that it feels like the rugs are finally starting to get pulled.
This tech is functionnal as you said, it works to a point and that point is enough for a sizeable amount of people. But I doubt that the price most people are paying now is enough to cover the cost of answering their queries.
Now that some people, especially younger devs or people who never worked without those tools are dependant on it, they can go ahead and charge more.

But it's not too late, so I'm hoping it will make some people more aware of that kind of scheme and that they will stop feeding the AI hype in general.