Creators push back on impractical demos while staying bullish on the Jevons effect
brandon_galang · x · 2026-09-27
Brandon Galang quotes theo and adds his take: both are genuinely bullish on the "Jev" trend — plummeting inference costs driving explosive adoption of intelligence — but are tired of ridiculous, impractical demo use cases flooding timelines.
- theo fears that without calling out the stupid ideas, people will assume AI is suited for those cases.
- Brandon's advice: ignore the hype demos, but experiment with inserting intelligence where cost and latency previously made it unaffordable.
The exchange captures the AI community's consensus on the cheap-inference narrative alongside a shared frustration with demo hype.
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