Free tokens are fueling open-source and local AI, Jason argues citing Jensen
AccBalanced · x · 2026-09-05
Jason points to The New Kingmakers — the book about developers taking over business, name-checked by Jensen Huang — as proof of his earlier claim: unmetered, nearly free tokens are a major driver of open-source and local-hardware trends. When models run locally or on-prem without per-token billing, consumption changes completely: cheap tokens equal massive usage.
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