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A company slightly ahead in the AI race can charge a higher markup during a computer shortage because it can use the scarce resource more efficiently.
Dwarkesh Patel · Dylan Patel – Anthropic & OpenAI will have most of the world’s compute by 2028 · 25 Aug 2026
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“The other effect is if you're slightly ahead in the AI race and computers in shortage,”
“you can charge a much higher mark off because you can better economize this scarce resource.”1:11:42Report a misattribution
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