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Another silent inflation of token count. There's no force on earth that can overcome that incentive for the labs.

• NiloCK 3mo ago
  Of course there is: competition with other labs, and self-hosting of open-weight models! Yes, the mechanics are straightforward if Anthropic (or Claude, if you want to ascribe the decision there) decides to burn a pile of your money. But the strategy fails basic game-theory of repeated games - you'll simply stop playing. (this isn't to say it invalidates the incentive to inflate token count, but it overcomes in terms of weighing options and making long-term profit decisions.)
  • bandrami 3mo ago
    They have to find a way to make inference profitable and they haven't yet