Re: Ballot Option: Allow public AI for translations

Hi,

On 7/30/26 3:52 PM, Marc Haber wrote:

> That being said, your proposal basically forbids using AI made available 
> by the big global players, where the music is currently playing. While 
> it is legitimate to do that, this privileges rich DDs who can afford big 
> hardware to run local models or DDs with a corporate sponsor.

The same will be true for anything from the big players, once the 
subsidized plans run out. I especially love the plans that cost $100 per 
month and include $200 "worth" of tokens.

(my mood is "all this will be over in a few months anyway, and if Debian 
decides to embrace it, all it achieves is putting us on the wrong side 
of history.")

> Is "public AI" as you define already available today, and what would be 
> the approximate costs to make use of that? How good is the code produced 
> by public AI today, compared to what for example claude produces?

Which pricing tier of Claude are we comparing against?

    Simon