alt Hacker NewsHardware will get faster. Models will get better.
By the time they reach this point of raising prices, if they ever do, the cost of models with current intelligence levels is going to fall a lot.
So all of these arguments about buying hardware now and switching to open models now to prepare for future price increases are still wrong if they’re argued on the basis of being locked out of cloud intelligence costs.
The cost for a given unit of intelligence is only going to decrease.
That's wishful thinking IMO. Hardware hasn't been improving at a rapid rate and clearly these companies are losing money and burning investor cash at a ridiculous rate. The party has to stop eventually. The price will go up. I expect everyone will have to pay API rates eventually, possibly even higher API rates than the current ones.