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AI without illusions (10/20): Cost, latency, and the economics of context

A new article argues that using the largest AI model and longest prompt is often a poor engineering decision due to cost, latency, and context economics, urging developers to optimize for efficiency.

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blog.stackademic.com — original article Doomsday AI? Raising the Baseline The Renaissance of Abundance
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