𝐀 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐱, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭. 😳
The twist: a lot of this week's permission was granted deliberately. By you. For a lower price.
This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, Quentin and Stark continue the theme: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧?
Everything got cheaper this week, and the cheapest options came with a clause. The guarantee on that agent is about what it knows, not what it can do.
Three numbers that do not agree, which is the useful part: 📊
📊 A new model costs about 𝟓𝟓 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 a task, ~a quarter of the leading one; its maker said only that it is more cost-effective, not as strong
📊 Another model's real cost per task rose 𝟒𝟎% while its token price did not change, because it quietly spends more tokens to finish
📊 In one test the expensive model won on quality in 24 minutes; the fast one was nearly as good in 𝟑𝟕 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬
The catch: the cheapest model on a major coding platform runs on a free tier called "contributor," because for free access the company may train on your inputs and outputs.
Your move:
🔴 Open the terms of the AI tool you use most and find the clause about training on your inputs.
🔴 Check which tier you are on, since free and discounted usually differ.
🔴 Run one real job on a cheap and an expensive model, and compare the finished output, not the tokens. The tool with your customers in it.
Every cheap deal was good. Just know which side you are on. 🎙️
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