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Wouldn't surprise me if the real purpose of this is to get a physical object on your desk that makes you constantly think about Codex -- either babysitting your currently-running agents when it's lit up and running, or subconsciously bullying / shaming you into using Codex if you're not right at this very moment.

An electronic Siren's Song if you will.

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If that was the real purpose they would have priced it lower.

it's like costco memberships. the more you pay, the more value you feel you're getting

* steady gentlemen *

What's codex?

>An electronic Siren's Song if you will.

Notifications on your smartphone that's always on you are way better for that purpose, than on a device that's tied to your desk.

Add Gacha mechanics for +100% extra damage.

Devices tied to your desk are actually very good for tech detox.

So if getting you hooked was OpenAI's goal with this, they definitely missed by a 1000 miles.

Agree, but there's also the psychological impact of having spent over 200 smackers on this thing and then letting it go unused lol

That's the key, a physical object is much more easily made part of a devs identity.

Projecting a hacker image has become very fashion based. e.g., some devs love their clickity-clackity keyboards with LEDs, others have those all-blacks ones with nothing on the keys.

This only works if you can get people to spend over $200, which is the part I'm skeptical of.

But who knows, maybe I'm overestimating people's intelligence.

i've seen tons of vibe captured peeps posting screenshots of their receipts. there is a market for fleecing gullible rubes

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