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		SecretDreams 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI coding assistants are getting worse? Improvements in LLM efficiency should be driving hardware to get cheaper. I agree with everything you've said, I'm just not seeing any material benefit to the statement as of now.

sothatsit 26 days ago [–]

Inference costs falling 2x doesn’t decrease hardware prices when demand for tokens has increased 10x.

PaulHoule 26 days ago | [–]

It's the ratio. If revenue goes up 10x you can afford 10x more hardware if you can afford to do it all.

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