"[It's shifted] from model performance to a focus on resource efficiency probably sooner than anyone anticipated."
"If these models get more capable, and we use them more, the energy consumption will also increase. The classic case of Jevons paradox."
"I expect that generative AI models will become pervasive, and classic search as we know will get phased out in the coming years,"he said.
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