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The cost is supposed to go down as LLMs become more efficient and hardware efficiency goes up with time.
by dudus 2y ago
The cost is supposed to go down as LLMs become more efficient and hardware efficiency goes up with time.
- faeriechangling 2y agoI fail to see what advantage they're getting from subsidising users for the meanwhile, and I definitely agree, these cloud AI solutions are subsidised. Still the value gets worse for these cloud models all I have to do if I'm using say VScode is install a different extension and configure a few settings and bob's your uncle I'm using a different AI. What benefit exactly do companies get from blowing hundreds of dollars subsidising my usage again? Where's the moat? Where's the lock-in?
- kevindamm 2y agopatterns of behavior (people will often keep using what they're used to, or assume their favorite model gives better answers regardless), free QA and training data, free advertising Even when the switching cost is lower than what you describe, people tend to keep using the product they had gotten used to.
- sdesol 2y agoIn business school you learn that you can't compete with "as good as". If you are using Copilot and another company comes along that is "as good as Copilot", there is very little incentive for people to switch.
- onthecanposting 2y agoThis is a lot like the Amazon strategy. At one point you probably had a few alternatives in mind for online shopping. Much less so now.