OpenAI shut down video gen over economics — tokenomics dictates what models are for
felpix_ · x · 2026-09-07
Extending the debate on why LLMs seem to neglect creative writing, the author points out OpenAI shut down its video generation service because it didn't make economic sense, and its year of marketing has centered on white-collar work tasks. The takeaway: vendors choose targets where tokenomics work, and a token in code is worth far more than a token in a novel.
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