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17 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 12 Aug \ parent \ on: Average wage for US construction workers hits nearly $40 per hour Construction_and_Engineering econ

The token cost per kWh. Plus the overall lifecycle cost of compute. End users are not picking up the tab yet

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101 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 12 Aug

Ah, I'd argue that's a symptom of cheap capital. Investors are willing to let the companies operate at losses on vague promises of future rewards

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48 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 12 Aug

I don’t think the frontier models are profitable yet.

Yet trillions of tokens are being processed daily.

At what economy of scale does this become profitable?

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53 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 12 Aug

it doesn't need to be if the government can print money and bail you out.

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