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The domestic AI model DeepSeek exploded
Currently, the DeepSeek R&D team
Revenue figures have not yet been released
It’s unclear whether DeepSeek makes money or not
But there are people who are already making money with the “DeepSeek Training Course”.
DeepSeek fancy training courses are emerging
As the popularity of DeepSeek soars, a course that “teaches you to make millions a year with DeepSeek” has also quietly emerged on major social platforms, e-commerce and knowledge payment platforms, with prices ranging from a few cents to thousands of yuan.
According to Chao News, there are two main types of DeepSeek courses on the market: one is the basic operation teaching for ordinary users, including account registration, prompt word input, content optimization, etc.; The other group is aimed at the group of programmers, saying that they can go deep into professional applications such as programming, local deployment, and automated content production, and will provide a lot of professional knowledge closely related to the needs of the profession.
In addition, there are also endless posts and articles about DeepSeek’s tutorials, such as “How can ordinary people rely on DeepSeek to make more than 1 million a year?” You can do it too! (DeepSeek Tutorial Landing Manual)).
However, some tutorials are repetitive, “change the soup but not the medicine”, and some even have misleading information, and at the end of the article, they often attach a paid community link or a private account QR code. Journalists tried to add accounts, and were quickly drawn into the community, and these group chats were filled with high-priced course ads and AI tool promotions, and there was very little content that actually involved technical discussions.
According to Red Star News, a Knowledge Planet creator posted a post on February 5, saying: “The DeepSeek classroom has more than 1,300 people, and it only costs 39.9 yuan. The course is called “DeepSeek Official Account Explosive Article Production Course”, which claims to use DeepSeek to help you solve your writing pain points. According to his estimates, in just a few days, the income of this course has exceeded 50,000 yuan.
Some people think that it is “cutting leeks”, and some people benefit
According to Chao News, Xiao Li is a freelancer, and he participated in a free DeepSeek live class during the Spring Festival, but found that the course content was empty, and most of the time he was selling a high-priced course of 2,980 yuan.
Ms. Zhang felt that she had been “cut leeks”. She said that she spent 99 yuan to buy the DeepSeek monetization course, thinking that she could learn some exclusive money-making skills, but after learning, she found that most of the course content is the basic operation of DeepSeek, such as how to register an account, how to use basic functions, etc. “It’s all free to find online, and you don’t have to spend that much money at all.” Ms. Zhang said helplessly.
However, there are also users who benefit from it. Ms. Chen, who is engaged in copywriting, said that in December last year, she bought a “DeepSeek Writing Monetization Course” priced at 499 yuan, “After learning, I did receive some business orders, such as official account tweets, advertising copy, etc., and increased my income by two or three thousand yuan last month.” Ms. Chen said that the course content has a certain practicality, but you need to spend time exploring and practicing it.
The price of the professional application course is high, what is the experience?
According to upstream news, there are also high prices for such courses, and the price of teaching courses for programmers and other professionals is very high, such as “local deployment of DeepSeek+LM Studio+Chatbox” priced at 159 yuan.
DeepSeek and other applications are more expensive for cross-border combination tutorials, such as “DeepSeek + Xiaohongshu e-commerce gameplay” is priced at as high as 599 yuan, and “one-person company methodology + DeepSeek” is priced at as high as 1999 yuan.
So, what is the DeepSeek on-premise deployment tutorial?
On-premise deployment refers to downloading the DeepSeek model to a computer and then using the computer’s graphics card for inference. The benefits are that there is more privacy and the data is more secure.
A reporter spent 17.5 yuan on an e-commerce platform to buy a DeepSeek local deployment tutorial. After completing the payment, the store’s customer service immediately sent a network disk link and a withdrawal code. Open the network disk, the reporter found that it mainly includes three parts: installation files, video tutorials and large models. Among them, there are 4 video tutorials, and for netizens who lack general computer knowledge, it is difficult to complete the independent installation after watching the video. In this regard, the customer service said that if you want the store to provide one-to-one manual installation service, you need to pay another 40 yuan.
On-premise deployment tutorials.
What is the experience like when you deploy on-premises?
Mr. Dai, who has completed the on-premise deployment of DeepSeek on his own, said: “The experience was very bad. He said that to complete the on-premise deployment, high-performance GPUs are needed to support the operation of the model. Mr. Dai’s computer is of medium configuration and can play “Black Wukong”, but when running the model, there are still slow responses and stuttering.
Mr. Dai took “driving back to Chongqing from Guangdong, the itinerary within 7 days, give me a more ample road book arrangement” as the instruction test, and the local deployment mode, it took 5 minutes to generate the results, while on the DeepSeek application, it only took 1 minute. In Mr. Dai’s view, it is of little practical significance for individual users to follow the trend of buying local deployment tutorials online, “it is just ‘cutting leeks'”.
After completing the on-premise deployment, Mr. Dai conducted the test. Source: Upstream News
What is the course of “One-Person Company Methodology + DeepSeek” priced at 1999 yuan?
Consult the customer service who sells the product, and the customer service says that it is an online class. In the introduction of the tutorial, the “mentor” was first introduced: good at the “one-person company” methodology + AI leverage, small and beautiful light entrepreneurial model practical school, good at natural flow play, 3rd place in the 2024 live broadcast teaching and training list for workplace transformation, effective guidance of 8000+ amateur bloggers, rich in differentiated cases, through the cycle, platform thinking, understand traffic realization.
Li Lijie, who is engaged in the development of mobile phone applications at Huimao World (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., said that this kind of gimmick is mainly used to win traffic and sell courses, and the courses themselves may not be closely related to DeepSeek.
Expert: Look at AI dividends rationally
According to Chao News, Zhang Xuguang, executive director of the Zhejiang Artificial Intelligence Society and distinguished researcher of the Intelligent Education Research Center of Zhejiang University, said: “This is the same routine as OpenAI when it first became popular – changing the title of the old tutorial has become ‘DeepSeek monetization cheats’.” ”
“There are three levels of AI applications: the first layer is daily Q&A, which ordinary users can learn on their own; The second layer is the basic application of vertical fields, such as copywriting, making tables, etc.; The third layer is the in-depth development of professional application scenarios, such as medical consultation, financial analysis, etc., which requires ‘distillation technology’ and private domain data training to apply AI large models for secondary training. Zhang Xuguang believes that most of the courses only stay at the level of tool use, lack of application depth and innovation, and the application in specific fields requires professional training and guidance, this kind of fee is reasonable, but the current courses on the market in order to attract users, promise “monthly income of more than 10,000” and “easy realization”, etc., there is a suspicion of exaggerated publicity.
Zhang Xuguang especially reminded consumers that users need to remain rational and not be confused by the gimmick of “getting rich overnight”. In addition, before purchasing a course, you can check the reviews and feedback of other users to understand the true value of the course. Try to choose a qualified platform or institution with a good reputation to buy courses to avoid being “cut leeks”.
