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AI labs can charge a larger premium for models that use scarce compute more efficiently.
Dwarkesh Patel · Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x · 3 Aug 2026
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“So labs will be able to charge a much larger premium if they can train a model that better economizes this scarce input.”Play from 6:03Report a misattribution
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