[HN Gopher] Why AI Spending Isn't Slowing Down
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       Why AI Spending Isn't Slowing Down
        
       Author : marban
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2025-02-23 18:03 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | johnecheck wrote:
       | Anybody want to summarize for those of us who don't feel like
       | shelling out over $500/yr for a WSJ subscription?
        
         | zamadatix wrote:
         | https://archive.is/ptVBA
        
         | DeepYogurt wrote:
         | the tl;dr is "reasoning models".
        
           | iLoveOncall wrote:
           | And to be more specific, the fact that reasoning models have
           | outputs orders of magnitude longer than other models.
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           | It writes more text so it spends more compute.
        
       | iLoveOncall wrote:
       | Because the moment you slow down investing is the moment you
       | realize you wasted all your previous investment in the
       | technology. It's just sunk cost fallacy.
        
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