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The speaker expects that many popular AI applications will probably become uneconomical as compute prices rise.
Dwarkesh Patel · Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x · 3 Aug 2026
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“Another thing that will happen is that a lot of current popular applications of AI will probably get priced out.”6:21Report a misattribution
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