u/Victory-laps

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I struggled a bit on deciding if I want to pay for the subscription or use an API option for transcription, mainly I wanted to compare OpenAI's GPT Transcribe (state of art from OpenAI), Assembly AI's best option and the two Plaud unlimited options.

The lower 1,200 mins per month option really isn't worth it if your usage is above 1 hour per day for 5 days a week. It seems if you record more than 4.4 hrs/day for 5 days a week, you should just get the Plaud plan.

This doesn't consider the development time and cost required to build out custom transcription services.

I work for a large company with a huge IT org. The org hasn’t made specific rules clear on ai recording devices but enterprise data security rules are certainly out there.

So for the people working in large companies, do you even have a way to use these or just risk it?

I got one but now kind of scared to use it at work. I just want to use it for in person meetings.

I started listening to All In a while back and thought these guys were entertaining, funny and well informed. They talked about startup mechanism, the culture, trends, and how the big VCs are thinking. It was a rare insight into a world less known to a corporate slave like myself.

I recall the Game Stop saga, and how the Dictator was seen as a folk hero coming out of it, even though he pump and dumped, made a good penny from it. His reputation was celebrated and he was praised for standing with the retail investors.

I can’t exactly recall the moment it changed. Maybe it was the election, maybe it was Covid, but at some point, these guys shifted their values and it was clear to see that they have an angle they wanted to pursue. This angle gave them access to top political figures, events, and places. It’s impressive how one could pivot themselves to get what they wanted. Maybe that’s a reason why they are successful, they formed a plan and followed through regardless how their moral values might be leaning.

But they lost their way along the way. We don’t get insights into VC and how they are evaluating AI, we don’t get exciting discussions on new startups. I am forever pondering the phrase from the Dark Knight, in the title of this post. Maybe we all fall to this. Heck I was a hero to my wife when I was courting her, and now I’m slowly becoming a villain for forgetting to take the trash out.

Just happen to have some downtime during July and figured we take a nice break with no responsibilities. Going for the all inclusive to be honest, otherwise we go somewhere with more activities.

Is it a bad time to go? Weather is probably not ideal but hopefully not terrible.