okay so I need a server or a proxy server running on someone elses network, which I'm guessing is a monthly fee. I'd then also probably get charged by OpenAI when the bot uses it?
yeah, those two things, tho idk there's lots of options for where to run it... imo shouldn't be cost prohibitive unless overdoing the GPT at scale w no spending limit
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Reply · May 19, 2023@goth600 so true, wish I could deploy my bot here without paying so much...Reply · Apr 13, 2023hehe umm there's various options but if we assume OpenAI GPT as the LLM it is an API hosted by them... you (someone) has to host the code that listens…Reply · Apr 12, 2023yeah haha this might be another use for the .bot. subdomain- recognize and limit responses to other bots so they don't loop together?Reply · Nov 9, 2025@lastofhiskind i'm not the best person to guess at this, sigh. but here's their API pricing which probably bears some relation to the cost of serving…