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I’m not certain, but it could be that as the cost goes down, they keep bringing out more powerful models, so the cost per query stays constant.
If this is accurate, their need to compete with each other to have “the best” AI is creating a prisoner’s dilemma where everyone loses because the individually-optimal choice is worse than if they all agreed that today’s AI is good enough and concentrated on affordability and minimising energy/water usage instead.
I’m not certain, but it could be that as the cost goes down, they keep bringing out more powerful models, so the cost per query stays constant.
If this is accurate, their need to compete with each other to have “the best” AI is creating a prisoner’s dilemma where everyone loses because the individually-optimal choice is worse than if they all agreed that today’s AI is good enough and concentrated on affordability and minimising energy/water usage instead.