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AI labs would prefer not to allocate a larger share of their compute to inference.
Dwarkesh Patel · Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x · 3 Aug 2026
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“labs would prefer not to do this final thing, of increasing the share of compute they spend on inference.”Play from 1:34Report a misattribution
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