"Intelligence too cheap to meter": a bold call on collapsing AI costs
rand_longevity · x · 2026-09-29
The account randlongevity posted a terse but striking claim: "intelligence too cheap to meter" — echoing the famous nuclear-power slogan to argue that AI intelligence is on track to become so cheap it won't be billed by usage. It's a compressed position statement reflecting the view that inference costs keep plummeting and intelligence supply is heading toward abundance.
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