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valvartoday at 1:19 PM1 replyview on HN

Why wouldn’t inference just keep getting better and cheaper as hardware and algorithms improve?


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MobiusHorizonstoday at 1:44 PM

The typical playbook for a VC funded startup is to race to a monopoly where the company can have higher margins. Prices continuing to go down for the consumer over time would require competition to stay high in the long term, and even then it’s not clear if even current prices are profitable.

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