By 2027, superintelligence may cost $150 per million tokens
bindureddy · x · 2026-07-21
The author argues that the biggest challenge in 2027 will be making superintelligence affordable and available to ordinary users.
They imagine a future “Fable 5++”-class model that is roughly 2× smarter, but whose inference cost reaches $150 per 1M tokens. The implication is that even if frontier models become dramatically more capable, most people may still be priced out unless access models or infrastructure change.
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