"Activating Pro" doesn't mean "paying". It means selecting a slower/smarter model.
replyHow would you envision ChatGPT paying Terrence?
replyOpenAI giving him a fancy schmancy title to advocate for their product, such as in the way he is inadvertantly doing here.
replyOpenAI hiring him as a consultant, obviously, which may well be the case.
replyIt's not so obvious. Taking my parent comment literally (as he said "the other way around"), one can assume that ChatGPT the platform itself would pay Terrence, rather than OpenAI.
reply"I have some tokens."
reply"What am I going to do with these?"
"Try to trade them up for a Volkswagen?"