@NotOscarWilde drop your email here, I will reach out and happy to get you a pro account for a few months so you can try 5.5 pro.(work at OAI)
This requires a major "dox" of myself, but I am really grateful for the offer, so these are my academic contacts:
I probably will erase the contents in a few days.
Even if you just drop an email and it doesn't work out, I appreciate this gesture so much. Thank you.
And what should he do after the few months?
Shoutout to you-I will match it if they need other resources. (I don’t work at OAI, just think this is cool)
While this sounds generous (and in some ways it is), it does not address the general point that GP is making. That is, the systematic disadvantage which large parts of humanity have w.r.t. to access to the tools. You could say they can't drive a Lambhorgini either, but that also doesn't solve the problem.