One day if openai becomes a real company (and public), like the kind that takes money from customers and employe accountants and turns a profit, etc, there may be downward pressure on the "costs" side of the equation.

Also while the thirst for training may be insatiable, I could see the energy cost of "hey chat can you check the basketball score" coming down.

Was going to say the same thing, but I'm pretty sure he already knows that. Smart people can convince themselves of everything.

And the consequence of burning more tokens, of course, is more widespread adoption, weaving AI more deeply into the fabric of our reality.