A Reddit essay argues AI compute should be treated as a scarce resource
SpiritRealistic8174 · reddit · 2026-07-22
A Reddit post argues that AI should be treated as a scarce resource, not an abundant one.
- The author says demand for compute keeps outstripping supply, even as AI feels everywhere.
- They cite Moonshot/Kimi as an example of demand pressure and note that a new open-source model is being priced higher than earlier Chinese releases.
- The essay asks how building, using, and thinking about AI would change if inference stayed expensive and limited.
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