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Re: AI is too expensive

#2
It's just getting started. You won't find out what the real, actual cost is until after you build it into your workflow.

In other words; right now, we're still in the "bait" phase. The "switch" comes later.

Re: AI is too expensive

#3

It's just getting started. You won't find out what the real, actual cost is until after you build it into your workflow. In other words; right now, we're still in the "bait" phase. The "switch" comes later.

Next year is gonna be when the “switch” comes lollll

Re: AI is too expensive

#4

It's just getting started. You won't find out what the real, actual cost is until after you build it into your workflow. In other words; right now, we're still in the "bait" phase. The "switch" comes later.

Chinese 1T+ models are being offered at a fraction of GPT/Claude cost, and the margin is healthy enough for dozens of providers to compete, so I find it highly likely that ClosedAI and Misanthropic sell tokens at massive markup. they just still bleed billions on their free tier and san francisco salaries.

Re: AI is too expensive

#5

It's just getting started. You won't find out what the real, actual cost is until after you build it into your workflow. In other words; right now, we're still in the "bait" phase. The "switch" comes later.

Next year is gonna be when the “switch” comes lollll

Next year we will have new deepseek.

Re: AI is too expensive

#6
If AI is too costly: bubble will burst because costs are unsustainable.

If AI is too cheap: bubble will burst because you can run them locally and data centrs are not needed.

If is it in-between, AI companies make too much money and they make too much profit which is bad!

I don't think this guy is a serious commentator.

Re: AI is too expensive

#7

It's just getting started. You won't find out what the real, actual cost is until after you build it into your workflow. In other words; right now, we're still in the "bait" phase. The "switch" comes later.

Chinese 1T+ models are being offered at a fraction of GPT/Claude cost, and the margin is healthy enough for dozens of providers to compete, so I find it highly likely that ClosedAI and Misanthropic sell tokens at massive markup. they just still bleed billions on their free tier and san francisco salaries.

Why we should assume that whoever offers these Chinese models makes sufficient profits and will not rise the prices eventually too?

Re: AI is too expensive

#8
These are all just bets that eventually someone wins anyway, right? Adoption is good but marginal revenue doesn’t matter if and when these models and solving world hunger - or have created the next yakuza mega corp that governs the world - right?

Feels like an unspoken rule here. Everyone wants to own a chunk of nuclear weapons and it doesn’t matter whether it’s profitable. You just need the nukes to survive and have a seat at the table

Re: AI is too expensive

#9

If AI is too costly: bubble will burst because costs are unsustainable. If AI is too cheap: bubble will burst because you can run them locally and data centrs are not needed. If is it in-between, AI companies make too much money and they make too much profit which is bad! I don't think this guy is a serious commentator.

I mean, those all seem like true statements.
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