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AI lab compute has been increasing by only 3x year over year.
Dwarkesh Patel · Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x · 3 Aug 2026
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“Now, the other big trend in AI is that lab compute only 3x's year over year.”Play from 0:35Report a misattribution
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