Smarter or cheaper? Revenue data keeps picking the smarter model every time
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-13
Revisiting the recurring hypothetical — a model that costs the same but is 100x smarter, or one that's equally smart but 100x cheaper — the author notes it has resolved to the smarter case every single time in revenue terms. The quote adds: in the truly long run, the only economically meaningful tasks left will be those deserving of superhuman intelligence.
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