Will AI Get Cheaper? Competition and Compute Costs to Offset Subsidy Loss
intellectronica · x · 2026-08-08
Responding to concerns that AI will become devastatingly expensive once investor subsidies end, the author argues that intensifying competition and eventual drops in compute and energy costs will drive AI prices down in the long run.
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