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Ask HN: A good AI subscription for a new CS student?

3 points by irthomasthomas ↗ HN
A relative is starting a CS degree next year and I want to encourage them to make the most of AI tools. What AI related subscription service would you suggest I buy them? I was thinking Wolfram Notebook + my GPT4 API key. But I don't know if the Wolfram language will add a layer of confusion? Maybe jupyter would be better, or just chatgpt pro?

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bendecoste
Unless they already have some CS knowledge I would just start them w/ a chatgpt subscription, the notebooks could come later. Something like Poe would also be worth considering to get access to more models.
irthomasthomas
I believe they did some CS in high school, involving building a drone with python and hot glue (Teachers idea. It went as expected).

Ok, I think I'll take your advice. They can still use jupyter and the API too.

PartiallyTyped
GH Copilot is the only subscription I can 100% say is worth it. It is also cheaper to use typingmind or some other front-end for ChatGPT + pay as you go.
irthomasthomas
I have copilot, myself, but I find it very lacking compared to gpt-4. For example, I just now asked it to refactor a block of code to remove the nested if statements. It just gave me the same code with a small change, but the same number of nested if's. I gave the same task to chatGpt4 and it eliminated all the if statements.
PartiallyTyped
Maybe it's the approach that you are taking when it comes to writing your code?

I found that I don't need to ask copilot to do something, I write as I do normally, see its suggestion and if it matches what I have in my head, I press tab.

tikkun
Either your GPT-4 api key, or invite them as a team member to your OpenAI organization. Plus also ChatGPT. Yes they accomplish the same thing, but get them both for a month or two and then cancel/revoke whichever one they’re not using.

Maybe Midjourney, but not critical.