Unlike Bitcoin, which burns more energy for the same usage as the price goes up, LLM inference prices are dropping rapidly [1] because AI companies have big inc

Unlike Bitcoin, which burns more energy for the same usage as the price goes up, LLM inference prices are dropping rapidly [1] because AI companies have big incentives to cut costs. Companies like Apple and Google are both building data centers and trying to make on-device AI a thing. Unfortunately, they also keep inventing new, more expensive algorithms. It’s at least plausible that most LLM use will become cheap enough to run on battery-limited devices like laptops and phones, though it’s not what most people are betting on. [1] https://epoch.ai/data-insights/llm-inference-price-trends https://epoch.ai/data-insights/llm-inference-price-trends