I Paid $200 for ChatGPT Pro — Is It Genius or Garbage?

Before you spend $200 on a ChatGPT Pro Subscription, read this.

The first installment of OpenAI’s 2024 “shipmas” arrived today. Along with the update comes the first upgrade to ChatGPT’s subscription offerings: ChatGPT Pro. At $200, it’s unbelievably pricey, targeted at only the most advanced of ChatGPT users.The big question: is it actually worth it?I’m here to answer that for you.

The Nitty Gritty

This is what you get with GPT Pro:

Unlimited chat messages with 4o, o1, and o1-mini
Infinite Advanced Voice Mode
Access to GPT o1-Pro (Limited to 50 messages per week)
All models have the full 128k token context window (as opposed to 32k with the regular subscription)

… yeah. That’s it.When I first heard the announcement, I thought the same thing you are right now. How could this be worth the money?While infinite and expanded access to the other models is great, in my opinion, it all comes down to GPT o1-Pro’s performance. If it’s really that much better than regular o1, it might just be worth it. That’s why I put it to the…