I just happened to notice that the A.I. chat is no longer on the top bar of the perchance.org website.

I know it’s been having issues the last few days (ever since the summary update, really), but this is concerning, combined with the fact there’s been no acknowledgement of the bugs from the dev that I’ve seen.

I’m just worried that it’s being discontinued or removed. I’d be absolutely crushed if it went away. Just wondering what’s going on?

  • perchance@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    A.I. chat is no longer on the top bar

    If you open a generator in edit mode (i.e. with #edit at the end of the URL) then that button isn’t shown. If you go out of edit mode and refresh, the button will appear.

    I’m just worried that it’s being discontinued or removed

    No, the AI plugins will never be removed, never be paywalled, etc. I have noticed in some social media posts there’s a weird anxiety around the AI stuff on Perchance going away, or being made a “premium” feature, or something. I want to very strongly reiterate: This will never happen. It’s sustainable thanks to ads (+ a lot of work optimizing the load balancing server and GPU servers), and it’s completely self-funded, so I don’t have investors telling me to filter it, or try to make a profit, or whatever. The AI plugins will only ever get upgraded, and they’ll always be free. If you come across other anxious people, please link them to this post.

    (I’m guessing the fear comes mostly from seeing other “AI sites” shutting down, or doing a bait-and-switch by making it free for a while, and then charging once the site becomes popular, or adding a filter in order to attract investors, and stuff like that. Once you’ve been here for a while, you’ll start to understand that Perchance is “weird” in a way that puts it in a completely different category from sites like that. Perchance is a “public good” that I maintain, not a “startup”.)

    combined with the fact there’s been no acknowledgement of the bugs from the dev that I’ve seen

    I might have missed this? Please link me or share a bug report in a reply here. Edit: Ah, found in your post history - will read and reply to that post now.