I don't think that's the user's intended meaning of "personal PhD," ie they don't mean a PhD or PhD level knowledge held by themselves, they mean having a person with a PhD that they can call up with questions. It seems like in some fields GPT4 will be on par with even PhD-friends who went to reasonably well respected institutions.

This comment (this one right here) wasn't written with GPT, but I did have the other one refined by it. I think in elongated thoughts and a lot of continuations, which makes me a bit shy of my writings. Because of that, I use it to help me find different ways to improve my writing.

I live near UCI and yes, I can find one, but at a sizable cost. I'm not opposed to that, but it's still a good chunk of money.

> like going to the worse University out there.

...without going anywhere.

Wikipedia isn't great compared to a degree from a top university, but it's also readily available and is often a first reference for many of us.