Applying Juran & Gryna's 1988 quality-cost curve to the frontier AI capabilities market
sebkrier · x · 2026-10-29
Seb Krier suggests internalizing the classic Juran & Gryna (1988) quality cost model when thinking about the market for frontier AI capabilities: failure costs fall as quality rises while prevention costs climb, so total cost has an optimum quality level — chasing perfect quality makes total cost spike. An opinion share without further elaboration in the post.
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