I'm a software engineer, completing 10 years of professional experience this year. I started my career as a web frontend engineer (it was easier for me to de...
Those same models can only do the shitty work they were able to do before the new models came out. You’re not making a point that anything is getting cheaper.
It is getting cheaper to do the same thing. New models are more expensive but also more capable.
But it’s not getting cheaper to do the same thing. Models charge by the token the price per token is going up. They don’t charge by the outcome.
The price per token for the same model isn’t going up (if you are paying per token anyway - I know they underpriced subscriptions).
Those same models can only do the shitty work they were able to do before the new models came out. You’re not making a point that anything is getting cheaper.