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paulddraperyesterday at 1:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

Anthropic has said inference is profitable. That’s a biased source, but the math pencils.

This is why switching to local open weight models saves a lot of money. (Even though it’s not apples to apples.)


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drakytheyesterday at 1:52 PM

Anthropic also recently tweaked their usage limits to discourage use during peak hours. Why would they do that if inference was profitable?

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nyeahyesterday at 1:29 PM

Can you give a few penciled numbers?

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