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"[It's shifted] from model performance to a focus on resource efficiency probably sooner than anyone anticipated."

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"If these models get more capable, and we use them more, the energy consumption will also increase. The classic case of Jevons paradox."
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"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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