diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4c33b30a9..88d813a98 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -128,12 +128,8 @@ to set many options. See `aider --help` for details. ## Limitations -You probably need GPT-4 api access to use `aider`. -You can invoke it with `aider -3` to try using gpt-3.5-turbo, but it will almost certainly fail to function correctly. -GPT-3.5 is unable to consistently follow directions to generate concise code edits in a stable, parsable format. - You can only use `aider` to edit code that fits in the GPT context window. -For GPT-4 that is 8k tokens. +For GPT-4 that is 8k tokens, and for GPT-3.5 that is 4k tokens. It helps to be selective about how many source files you discuss with `aider` at one time. You might consider refactoring your code into more, smaller files (which is usually a good idea anyway). You can use `aider` to help perform such refactorings, if you start before the files get too large.