What Happens When the Cost of Intelligence Drops 100x
bkd9 · hn · 2026-08-21
This post explores the implications of drastically reduced AI inference and computation costs on neuroscience and compute-intensive tasks. It analyzes how cost curves affect experiment accessibility and data processing scale, predicting a shift in research paradigms from "expensive and scarce" to "cheap and abundant." Key points include the democratization of compute accelerating discovery speeds and the emergence of new research organizational structures.
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