AI Economics: Why compute and power are the new bottlenecks
demian_ai · x · 2026-08-17
Drawing parallels from an AI-only RuneScape server, this post analyzes AI economics. Near-zero labor costs make software, open models, and synthetic data abundant and cheap, leading to inflation. Real scarcity (the new 'runite') lies in physical infrastructure: HBM, advanced packaging, power, and grid connections. These hardware resources take years to scale, creating fierce industry swarms around the bottlenecks.
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