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The level of intelligence that you are getting per the dollar

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Every model release brings the same complaint, that it costs more than the last one. Nico Lafakis says we are staring at the wrong side of the trade. A grocery shelf prints pennies per ounce right on the tag so you can see what you are actually buying. Nobody publishes the equivalent for AI: the level of intelligence that you are getting per the dollar. He thinks somebody has to start running that number, because it is about the only way people will respect what this money is buying.

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Value-First AI Daily - Aug 12, 2026

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