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Epoch AI research estimates that the cost of achieving a given level of AI performance has fallen by about 47% per quarter since 2023, or roughly 13-fold per year.
Why it mattersNPR’s Planet Money cited the finding in a discussion of the economics of AI infrastructure. Cheaper performance could change the sums behind today’s data-centre spending, though the estimate alone does not show how quickly demand or investment will respond. A striking efficiency curve, with a rather awkward question for anyone betting that computing demand only goes one way.
Discuss: If AI gets dramatically cheaper to run, will that curb data-centre investment or encourage even more use?
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